Man I hope you are right. I’ve been trying to imagine a white man of equal charisma and all I can come up with is Reagan. And you Mr.Obama are no Reagan.

I hope this is the “Sanjaya Effect” and he can’t keep this up forever. I keep thinking about the lead Dukakis blew, hoping history will repeat itself.

Edwardsina took this on. Of course Barack would be gone by now if he was a white dude. But so would Hillary. There’s no way the word electable is uttered for them when compared to the repubs. That being said, I don’t think it matters. McCain will beat either of them.

It’s hard to say whether his race is a help or hindrance since black candidates don’t generally run for President and we have nothing to measure him against. Did Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton not win because they are black or because people didn’t like their divisive politics? Obama has transcended the race issue so far.

Why have women not been elected President? Is it because we’re sexist or they are unqualified? It’s probably because none ever run.

I think these candidates use the race card or glass ceiling argument to try and guilt people into voting for them.

It’s interesting to wonder if more people will vote for Obama just because he could be the first black President as opposed to those would who vote against him for the same reason. There seems to be an hysteria that “it is time” or “he’s close enough” regardless of the qualifications of the candidate. I think this has a lot to do with self-hating white liberals who feel guilty about everything and that somehow this rectifies some social injustice. Then there is a large group that are just mesmerized by his charisma and I don’t think that has anything to do with his color.

I really, REALLY do not think so. I believe that though it may help give him a bit more of a pass, it almost assuredly denies him millions of white votes and hurts his actual chances at getting elected. Am I wrong?