“Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) might want a do-over about now. Asked by NBC’s Chuck Todd why President Obama is so unpopular in Louisiana, Landrieu first gave a long answer about energy policy.

But then she waded into more fraught territory: race.

“I’ll be very, very honest with you; the South has not always been the friendliest place for African Americans,” Landrieu said. “It’s been a difficult time for the president to present himself in a very positive light as a leader.”

She also said that women have struggled in the South, but her comments on race got much more attention — including a brief airing on “NBC Nightly News” — because that’s how it is with race.“* Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (TYT University), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) and Wes Clark Jr break it down.

*Read more here from Nia-Malika Henderson / The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/10/31/mary-landrieu-said-obamas-race-hurts-him-in-the-south-cue-outrage/