(Cross-Posted at myDD)

Sean Wilentz created a big teapot in a tempest around here with his New Republic piece Race Man, in which he blames Barack Obama for all of the racial division in the Democratic primaries. This article has become a rallying point for many Clinton supporters in advancing this claim, partially because no one else has taken up the cry. At the time I, and many others, pointed out that it was poorly documented, relied on argument by assertion and circular logic, and in no way proved its point. Since that, the article has largely fallen into obscurity except among people who occasionally trot it out along with other tired charges.

But now Wilentz is back, with a much more succinct and updated version of the same attack, Obama was the first to play the race card. The New Republic piece at least had the virtue of being poorly circulated outside the blogosphere, but this piece ups the ante by reaching for wide circulation in a state with an upcoming primary.

There were some brief impressions of the Williamson County Convention posted today in the various Texas Convention threads, including some from yours truly. However it's hard to write very much from a cell phone, and I wanted to really try to put down some of the feel, good and bad, of our county convention.

Overall, it was good in places and bad in places, not very well run, but the results were what we wanted them to be. Long, long day but it ended quite well.