I'm gonna make fun of you for touting out irrelevant historical issues here just like I do with Underlankers. The Democratic party of today has NOTHING to do with the Democratic party of the 1800's. As a matter of point, neither does the GOP. Clinton's comment wasn't accusing "teh ebil Repubs" necessarily, only that there's a significant problem with race issues right now, and there seems to be a VERY significant issue about attacking Obama on issues that have become tiresome with their ridiculousness. (I.e. Being race-related more than anything else.)