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To your original question, Host, I say "yes".
As I see your choice, it would be to give up now assuming that Obama can't win. As others have said, that seems to be a stretch. So I'm not ready to concede that it's not practical to root for Obama. The way I see it shaking out, the Dems belatedly come together and thrash McCain soundly. So I reject some of your underlying assumptions.
But even if that's not the case, the more critical issue to me is what's best loooooong term. I don't expect anyone to agree with me, but if racism is what beats Obama then it's worth 4 more years of idiocy to demonstrate how bad our racial problems are in this country. I was horrified after West Virginia that no one in the media (beyond Jon Stewart) labeled a clearly racial element in the voting as such. Obama gave a great speech on racism, and the dialog lasted 3 or even 4 minutes.
I'm just naive enough to believe that an election where racism plays a role too big to ignore would be GOOD for America. I don't know what else is going to make the citizens of our fair country talk and move forward on this issue. As I think you've implied, it's a far greater problem than many think it is.
To recognize the size of the issue and give up without the fight is not acceptable to me. I'd rather fight and lose, hoping to inch forward.
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