Obama is an intelligent, well-spoken candidate. Mike Ditka would have gotten his ass kicked.
Possibly. It's also possible that the US will implode like the Soviet Union did before that happens.
Just another indication that the Democrat Party is the Party of September 10th.
He needs to change his name to something else, anything that doesn't rhyme with Osama.
The first black President will probably be Condi. Or, at least that's my hope.
It would be nice if someone would talk about this guy without saying "articulate" or "well spoken". People say it like its a surprise or something. Its annoying that people feel the need to mention how "articulate" black candidate are.
Not with a name like that! Time for a reality check, Political Correctness aside. Not in this day and age will someone with a name like that ever be considered for the Presidency of the United States of America, Republican OR Democrat.
After all is said and done, the real first black president will be a conservative Republican. I'm not sure if he is even old enough to run for office (whoever he is...) but the fact of the matter is that black Democrats are too race-based. That is, they have one issue, not enough to get any kind of nomination in the party let alone be elected by voters nationwide.
A black Conservative will be more readily accepted by a voting majority but not right now. Black conservatives, while still vary much in tune with black issues, have a much broader knowledge of national and global issues (IMHO) which effect a wider range of the population. The reason I say "not right now" is because the venom the Democrats are spewing in today's political climate is aimed at all things Republican, black, white or hispanic. The Dems feel like they are immuned to any kind of "racist charge" and will say anything to make sure a Democrat wins. And to make matters worse, they can say anything racist they want and today's press will help them spin it into a Republican Racism issue.
Barack Obama identifies himself as black, Bob Herbert didn't invent that. And from the time of slavery, people with one black parent and one white parent have been identified by the larger society as black: first by law, then by custom. I know several black people who look white, but they just are not accepted as white or bi-racial in the white community so they self-identify as black where they are accepted and feel more comfortable.
1st rule in Dem Club -- Do ANYTHING to get elected
2nd rule in Dem Club -- Don't get caught doin' rule 1
tru peace...D
With a name like that he'll surely go far.
Under Clintonians anything is possible. Who would ever think that we'd have a secretary of the Army with the name of Togo?
OBama is not black -- well not completely -- his mother is Caucasian, his father was Negroid and his step-father is Indonesian (so a Caucasian-Mongoloid mix)