Barack Obama Has No Problem Dividing Chicago Baseball Fans

If you've been following the presidential election closely, you know that the Democratic National Convention begins today in Denver. You might have even heard that the theme is going to be "unity," as the party attempts to quell the anger of the Hillary Clinton supporters who feel that their voices haven't been heard. As hard as Obama is working to unite his party, he apparently has no problem drawing a line between the baseball fans in his home town of Chicago. In an interview airing tonight, he tells ESPN:

[Stuart] Scott: "If the Cubs and the White Sox both make it to the World Series?

Obama: "I would be going."

Scott: "Who would you root for?

Obama: "Oh, that's easy. White Sox. I'm not one of these fair weather fans. You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there. People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. Southside."

I imagine that this will go over far better than Rudy Giuliani's attempt to play to voters by wearing a Red Sox cap in Boston last fall and telling people that he was a fan of the "American League." Vacillating on team allegiance is a certain way to make unnecessary enemies at the polls in the fall. And besides, "People that are annoyed by Cubs fans" is a pretty large demographic. City unity my ...