He was also very critical of President Bush during his Senate campaign, especially of foreign policy and the war in Iraq.
I find it a little interesting that Jesse Jackson's son i.e., (Jnr) didn't run for this seat.
Any way, this Dude, Obama, is going places because what remains of the Democratic party is so dependent on the black vote that he will be an automatic choice in a national election. I mean where's the left's Powell, Rice, Paige, Thomas, etc? Where are they? Still being repressed by the mind slave-owners in the Democratic party ably abetted by the likes of the NAACP, Jesse, Sharpton, and the remnants of the "Civil Rights" movement. I don't like this guy Obama and it is because the media has fawned over him - to me, any person who has the media's affection IS to be despised.