[stephenjohnbanker]

It won’t play well...Obama’s approval ratings are already going down. A race riot won’t help him one bit.

[Verginius Rufus]

The civil rights hustlers, the black racists, and the white liberal elite are on the same page with this case. It may not occur to the mainsteam media that not all white people will approve if Zimmerman is railroaded and given a long prison term, and that not all white people are happy with the antics of Mikhail Muhammad or Al Sharpton or Eric Holder. That could hurt Obama.

Having Zimmerman charged with murder but not brought to trial before the election serves Obama best--if Zimmerman is acquitted there will be riots which will not benefit Obama, but that will probably be after the election. Anyway the fix may be in where Zimmerman walking free is not an option.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Maybe race riots will help Obama.. it depends entirely upon the MSM. IMO.

In November 2000 I kept asking where are the race riots? -- that would give the election to Gore. During the contested election results the MSM were talking 24/7 about "the will of the people." All it would take would be "the people" rioting then the MSM could go 24/7 demanding that Bush obey "the will of the people."

The Dems were trying to stir up race riots; to wit, a Gore daughter stated that the Party was trying to stir up the rioting but her father got them to stop. "There were people who wanted to fan the … the flames of the racial issue and have real unrest. And he was on the phone asking them not to, because of what was best for the country not because of what was best for him politically." Frum's "Gore Speaks" 19 Nov., 2002 column.