Identity Politics? What Identity Politics?

I'm glad to know Barack Obama's standing in the polls as a serious presidential contender has nothing to do with him being African American. (And I'm sure the black Democrats in Mississippi, who supported him 9-1, will be glad for that clarification.) And I'm sure Hillary Clinton's strong candidacy has nothing to do with her being a woman (someone tell Gloria Steinem, please). The Democrats, after all, eschew identity politics.