Did Keith Olbermann, MSNBC’s chief political anchor, step over the line in criticizing Sen. Hillary Clinton’s response to the Geraldine Ferraro controversy?

And do you believe his claim that he wasn’t implicitly endorsing Sen. Barack Obama?

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Pat Buchanan got so riled up during a discussion last night about Geraldine Ferraro’s controversial comments that he yelled out “shut up” at pundit Keli Goff during an on-air debate. Liberal talker Rachel Maddow ended up scolding him for the outburst, and MSNBC host Dan Abrams was noticeably shaken:

What did you think of Buchanan’s style?

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Former vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro has given up her fundraising position with Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

“I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign,” Ferraro wrote in a letter to Clinton, sent Wednesday. “The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won’t let that happen.”

Ferraro had recently made the following remarks to a California newspaper: “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman 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.”

She told CNN today that she was “absolutely not” sorry for her statement. “I am who I am and I will continue to speak up,” she said.

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“What I find offensive is every time somebody says something about the campaign, you’re accused of being racist,” Geraldine Ferraro has said in response to the attacks on her by organizers for Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign for president.

See her full response, including her critique of Obama’s chief adviser, David Axelrod, via FOX News below:

In other news, the Mississippi Democratic primary vote results on Tuesday evening are shaping up to be divided largely along racial lines, with the vast majority of blacks in the state voting for Obama — and the vast majority of whites for Clinton.

Earlier: Was Geraldine Ferraro Wrong?

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Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee in 1984, has told a California newspaper, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman 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.”

And now the Obama campaign is calling on Sen. Hillary Clinton to fire Ferraro as a fundraiser.

“When you wink and nod at offensive statements you’re really sending a signal to your supporters that anything goes,” David Axelrod, the top adviser to Obama, is quoted as saying.

The question remains: was Ferraro wrong?

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Did you see how the Reliable Sourcettes described Geraldine Ferraro, the 1984 candidate for VP, today?

The former N.Y. congresswoman — who just reestablished herself in D.C. as a principal with the Blank Rome lobbying shop — was all silver-fox glamour in a slim-cut black pantsuit, daringly underbuttoned white blouse, Hermes-looking scarf.

They say that they’d have described ”Walter Mondale’s wardrobe too if he had ever dressed that sharp,” but c’mon, how many ways can you describe an old dude’s suit?

And where are the pictures of the flesh-flaunting Ferraro? You know we like to see a little 71-year-old skin every once in a while. Just ask our granny!

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