Daily Training for January 11th: The politics of racist comments

In US politics, making politically incorrect comments and later apologizing for them is a great sport. This weekend, attention was on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over comments he made about Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and RNC Chairman Michael Steele went on Meet the Press to discuss this and clearly they don't agree. Today's Daily Training is the video from this segment of the show.

First, a few words:

• remarks (comments)
• DNC (Democratic National Committee)
• RNC (Republican National Committee)
• gifts (talents)
• bid (attempt)
• the case is closed (the issue is resolved and they don't want to talk about it further)
• stepped up (took action)
• moving on (move forward, continue)
• segregationist (a person who believes that races should be separated)
• step down (give up or resign from a position)

Now, take a look at the video here.

Tell me: do you think Reid's comments are racist? Should he resign?

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