The guy threatens to raise taxes, is the most liberal Senator in America, associates with shady characters, including a Pentagon bomber... he calls folks living in small towns across America bitter gun and religion clingers, and he accuses our military of air raiding villages and bombing civilians in Afghanistan. I wonder if any of that trivial stuff matters.

....or had some experience beyond winning a "popularity" contest. Don't worry he's getting more white support than any white candidate has ever received from the black community. I guess it's sort of like the public schools (at least around here) it's cool to be black and you should be ashamed to be white mentality (I was told this by more than one white high school student, so that's what I base my theory on). Apparently many adults feel the same way. That's the only way I can conclude the least experienced (qualified) candidate being selected, unless affirmative action is being applied, then it makes perfect sense. I personally feel the most qualified person, black or white, is the best for the job. But. these days style always wins out over substance.

F**k you, too.  That's a remarkably racist comment, completely unfounded and unprovable, not to mention insulting to anyone who conscientiously disagrees with BO's positions & philosophy (assuming he has one beyond getting elected, a big assumption).  Just like BO, the only people injecting race into this election are his supporters.

Harsh

Eh, knew you could handle it.

I believe, on a percentage basis, there are far fewer whites unwilling to vote for a black solely on the basis of skin color than there are blacks unwilling to vote for Whitey on the basis of skin color.  Or, to take the corrolary, will vote for a black only because he's black.

I strongly suspect that race-based votes constitute a far greater percentage in the black community.  YMMV.

Oh, and I meant to ask you:  Does this mean you think it's because Obama actually looks like a darker-skinned version of all those Bush Monkey cartoons with the big ears?

I am not going to disagree with your whole premise, but will say that it is not all about race.  Indeed, I think that is a minor (although identifiable) factor.  What it is about is experience.  We are in a perceived "crises" and in those times, who do most people look to for leadership?  Young unproven, or experience proven.  Like it or not, Obama's inexperience is coming back to haunt him, and every time the democrats pounce on Palin's inexperience, it reminds people that Obama has none as well.

Uh, wrong - it is the WILDER effect.  Wilder was first.

But as Wilder said (he is a great orator), Obama better hope it is the Wilder effect - Wilder won!

Last I checked, elections weren't sporting events, but that's what this statement shows you believe them to be, as least as far as the black community is concerned.  I find that very insulting to blacks.

What an intellectually vapid comment.  That it's OK for blacks to vote for someone for no other reason than that he is black, without any regard for what that black person stands for.  If you really believe that, why isn't Michael Steele Governor of Maryland?

Good grief.  EVERY election Democrats think that they should win by a mile if only Republicans were't either:

a. cheaters

b. racists

c. idiots

d. all of the above.

If Democrats want to have easy wins, they should try not nominating someone at the fringes of their party.