In fairness though, how many Irish Catholics voted for JFK because he was an Irish Catholic? Or how many women voted for Hillary Clinton because she was a woman?
Exactly. I think you we gotta give the writer of this article some slack. Anyone begrudging a black person from having the chance to vote for a black person for president is being unrealistic. Of course it's based on race. Of course it's based on emotion. And of course we had to go through it in order to move on.
The sad part is that the flim flam man in the White House has benefited all the way through from where we happened to be in history at the time. But it's one thing to get the position and another to be truly great at it. The next time around in 2012, there will be more jaundiced eyes afoot (both black and white), and that will be more on the merits. However, after Obama leaves, the vast majority of nobles oblige considerations will go with him.
Then, America will have advanced closer to its credo and real competition on the merits will begin to return to the forefront...at least that is my hope.