Ferraro defends remarks

Former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro on Tuesday defended a remark she made to the Daily Breeze last week, in which she suggested that Sen. Barack Obama would not be where he is if he were white. Gene Maddaus in the Daily Breeze.

In an interview with the Breeze, Ferraro said, "If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman (of any color), he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept."

The comment was picked up by political blogs and cable news shows across the country. The Obama campaign held a conference call Tuesday to denounce the remark, and Obama surrogates urged Sen. Hillary Clinton to repudiate it and remove Ferraro from her finance committee.