HMM: “I’m not saying it’s a deliberate setup, but the last thing Obama needed in his presidential candidacy was the ‘Jena 6’ flap. No matter how he chooses to treat the case, he will fare the worse for it. . . . The saddest part of Obama’s Hobson’s choice is what it says about that aging black power structure. In forcing his hand this way, they seem to be saying that they don’t really want a black President of the United States.”