Obama is "special" alright. The man is using race as a veichle of influencing voters, he is near declaring a vote against him is racist. He has taken Michael Steele campaigning to a nat'l level
Do you want to know what Obama stood to gain by playing the race card? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And its testament to the fact that Obama hasn't gone down that road, which is why he is on the verge of clinching his party's presidential nomination. And that it is something he could not have achieved without white support
Obama has never played 'race' politics. Not in Chicago, where he lost a primary challenge to Rep. Bobby Rush, a self-acknowledged 'race politician'; nor in his Illinois Senate campaign; and nor in his campaign to be the Democratic presidential nominee
That said, and it pains me to say this given the fact its the 21st century, it is likely that there are
some voters who will flatly refuse to support Obama because he is black be it in a Democratic primary or the general. Similarly, there are
some who would not vote for Clinton because she's a woman; just as there are
some who might not vote for McCain because they may consider him too old
Dave
