Almost seven years ago, writing at the dawn of the age of Obama, I made four predictions, the first of which was this: While Obama is riding high, race relations will be excellent. But once Obama goes down in the polls and he does things that elicit criticism, be prepared for the “race card” to be played. If it is, then race relations could be set back, because the charges will be so transparently false. If race was used by Obamacons against Bill Clinton, it will certainly be used against Republicans. So here we are, at the end of 2015 instead of at the beginning of 2009, and the perception of race relations in America have reached a 20-year low according to data from a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Only 34 percent of Americans said race relations in the country are fairly good or very good, down from a high of 77 percent in January 2009. That’s the lowest since October 1995, when O.J. Simpson was acquitted of a double homicide charge.