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it would be nice to see blacks reject Obama as an imposter not good for them but they cannot resist the siren call of what they percieve as racial commonality

in my opinion.

The thing is that there really isn't any racial commonality here.
Obama is the result of a white woman and a Kenyan. He was raised in circumstances very far afield from almost all blacks in the U.S..
He was raised by his white grandparents, grew up and graduated High School in Hawaii. A world so far from most all blacks in this country that he has absolutely nothing in common with them.
He goes to Ivy League schools, gets job with a good Law Firm in Chicago but to give himself street credibility he becomes a “Community Activist”, whatever that means.
He has done nothing of any importance as a either a Illinois State Senator or a U.S. Senator. No major legislative initiatives, nothing. He has no leadership experience at all, yet we are being asked to vote for this man for the highest office in the land based on the thinest resume I have seen in a long time for someone running for President.
Yes there are a lot of Blacks that will vote for this guy but my guess is that he is the biggest conman for their vote in long time and Jesse Jackson is upset because he is now yesterday's news.

“it would be nice to see blacks reject Obama as an imposter not good for them but they cannot resist the siren call of what they percieve as racial commonality

in my opinion.”

That’s not going to happen. Obama’s father was from Kenya, a member of the Luo tribe. Kenya is an archetypal African nation. Obama’s mother was from Kansas and she lived and died in Hawaii. That makes Obama a true “African-American.”
Also, there is no way that the black vote alone will elect Obama to anything. He will need millions of white votes, Latino votes, Asian votes, American Indian votes as well as black votes and so will Senator McCain.
John Kerry got 88% of the black vote and George W. Bush got 11%.