Author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator Earl Ofari Hutchinson is on a another virtual book tour and will be stopping by here again tomorrow. I was thrilled to be asked again to feature Earl’s latest book, The Ethnic Presidency, How Race Decides the Race to the White House.

It is amazing how America has a selective memory when it comes to discussing the historic nature of the Democratic primary election. While many are hoping that the race issue would not be in forefront in the 2008 presidential primary campaign, the fact is, racial and ethnic conflict has always been a factor in presidential politics. The Ethnic Presidency looks how racial and ethnic conflict has openly and covertly played a crucial role the past three decades in influencing, shaping and ultimately deciding who bags the world’s biggest political prize, the White House. Hutchinson believes that racial politics will play an even bigger role in the 2008 presidential election and future election.

Hutchinson examines Obamamania, the Hillary and Bill factor, the soaring Latino vote, the silent but potent Asian-American vote, the immigration wars, the GOP’s love-hate relationship with black and Latino America, and Bush’s effort redo the GOP’s image from the ole boys club to a party of racial diversity. Although the book was release this month, Hutchinson wrote this prior to the first Presidential primary which was on January 29, therefore, some of the questions The Ethnic Presidency asks have already been answered. Here is a sample of questions the book asks and answers:

• Will America accept a black president? Can Obama be that president?
• Will America accept a woman president? Can Hillary be that president?
• Will America accept a Latino president? Can Bill Richardson be that president?
• Will America accept a Mormon president? Can Mitt Romney be that president?
• How the GOP played the Southern Strategy through Presidents Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. to repeatedly win the White House. Can and will they abandon it in 2008?
• Did blacks and Latinos elect Bush?
• Have the Democrats taken the black and Latino vote for granted?
• Why have Presidential candidates other than John Edwards avoided making poverty an issue?
• Why immigration will be a stealth factor in the 2008 campaign. And did it help or hurt John McCain?
• Will Rudolph Giuliani’s contentious relations with blacks as New York mayor hurt or help his White House bid?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Bio
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author, syndicated columnist, political analyst and commentator. He has been a frequent guest on Hannity and Colmes, The O’Reilly Factor, The Big Story, EXTRA, and numerous CNN news and talk shows. He was a regular commentator on CNBC’s The Dennis Miller Show.

He has been a guest on the Today Show, Dateline, The Lehrer Hour, and BET News, America’s Black Forum. He is a frequent commentator for the American Urban Broadcast Network and Ed Gordon’s News and Notes on NPR. He is a featured columnist for Black News, Black America Web, and Alternet. He is associate editor of New America Media.

His op-ed columns appear in the Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Christian Science Monitor, and other major newspapers. He is the author of nine books, including The Latino Challenge to Black America.

FOR MUCH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON, VISIT HIS VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR WEBSITE.

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