<p>Gates is now saying “The story is over” in the media. Public opinion is pretty much in on this and the verdict is: Gates looks like a whiney mook. </p>
<p>Speaking of whom: President Obama and Mass. Governor Patrick both will get some of the splash effect of this too for their amateurish decisions to weigh in on it. Neither one of them can afford it given their 40-something and 30-something percent approval ratings these days. </p>
<p>Al Sharpton gets it – you haven’t seen him agitating on this issue because he recognized it right away as a non-starter. The public is tired of $200K/yr elites of any color claiming oppression in light of 10% unemployment amongst blue collar workers. </p>
<p>This being CC and all, the real question is: What effect does this have on Harvard? What’s the mood on campus? Has anyone taken over a building yet? Or is racial imbroglio such a common part of the whole Harvard scene that it ends up being just another fart in the Crimson bathtub?</p>