Republicans cling to strategy of racism The Rachel Maddow Show July 23, 2009 Lacking anything constructive to offer to the health care reform deliberations, Republicans are trying to shore up their base by stoking racial resentment. Rachel Maddow is joined by Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32114352#32114352" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/32114352#32114352</a>