In his interview with Fox News Sunday, which is airing right now, Obama said flatly that he didn't think there's been a deliberate effort by the Clintons to racialize the campaign.

Obama was asked by Fox's Chris Wallace whether he agreed with James Clyburn's recent criticism of Bill Clinton on this score, or whether he thinks there's been a deliberate effort by the Clintons in general to play the "race card" in the campaign.

"I don't think there's been a deliberate effort," Obama said, adding that he takes the former President "at his word."

Pressed by Wallace on whether Bill's South Carolina comparison of Obama to Jesse Jackson constituted racializing the campaign, the furthest Obama would go was to say that Bill was "somewhat dismissive."

Separately, recall that a senior Obama adviser promised that Obama would "take Fox on" in today's interview. It hasn't happened yet, but stay tuned.