"[O]nce demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn't much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate's mood." - George Packer

COMMENT It seemed that Prime Minister Najib Razak's warning to the Malays that their hegemony - theirs mind you, not Umno's - would come to an end if things don't go the Umno way in the next general election, has caused the predictable backlash.

The likeable Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua warned that Najib "is more than willing to play the racial card to protect BN's hold on power."

Really? Come on Pua, aren't you all playing the race card? I don't think the DAP can caution against playing the race card or chiding anyone for appealing to a particular racial demographic when the DAP not once but twice had a public debate with the MCA over the issue of ‘Chinese' concerns...