Great article. I am concerned that no one is legally challenging the reports of push-polling (in PA, no reports yet of NC or IN) and as appeared today, "Calls have gone out to an untold number of North Carolina voters telling them that they need to fill out a registration form before they vote. Democracy North Carolina, a government watchdog that has posted audio (wav) of the call, says that the calls went out to "black neighborhoods." Where are the lawyers on this?

When we have a chance to have a real leader, a cool hand, a real thinker, and someone who is becoming a statesman as the president, we have to stick with him. After a seven odd years of a president/administration who stumblef***s his/its way through everything, we have a real chance for recovery. We have to stick with it.

I didn't oppose Hillary when this whole thing started, but she's been like a rabid wolverine hanging on to something that she more and more seems to think she should have had by default. She's done things that have led me to believe she's just another power hungry pol who'll do anything to get it. I would admire her persistence if I thought it was based on something real that would do us all some good, or even if she'd kept it civil. She didn't and now I would have to practically be anesthitized to vote for her. Shoot, bourbon on election day IS an American tradition.

Obama has a disconnect from the African American community. He was not raised to play the Dozens. This is because he was raised by his white mother, and grandparents. He may have learned this in school by other African American kids, but I don't know how many black families he came in contact with in Hawaii. I am white married to an African American man. I am astounded when he plays the "Dozens" with his relatives. It is just not part of my upbringing. It is fun and very much part of his family and friend communication process. Obama may witness this from his wife and her friends and family, but I can tell you that this is not something you can just pick up as a white person, or a mixed race person not raised in the African American community. Reverend Wright is playing the Dozens with Obama, but Obama cannot really play the Dozens back. He should not be faulted for this, nor should the African American community fault him for this. People need to realize that Obama is unusual because of his mixed race heritage, and as such his real strength is his ability to see both races, and want to bring them together because of his unique vantage point. He is actually probably more like his white relatives than his Aftrican father, yet his is called an African American. He is of mixed heritage and is more like all of us than most especially white people realize. I do not know if bowling is big in Hawaii. He never should have been faulted for not knowing how to bowl. I wish the American people from different areas realized that Obama actually makes the most uniting leader in decades because of his mixed race heritage. He is more like everyone than unlike them. But to pick up the Dozens? That is an art that has to be acquired from childhood in my opinion. Too bad Reverend Wright did not take this into consideration before he set out to challenge Obama like he did.

Great post. Thank you.

A Clinton steal of the primary give you:

MATCH UPS WITH NADER IN THE RACE


Obama  45- McCain 34, Barr 3, Nader 1

McCain 44 - Clinton 34, Barr 4, Nader 3

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The Dozens explained by wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dozens

Apparently, Rev. Wright even referred to this practice during or after his National Press Club speech. If that's what he was doing to Obama, he sure picked an odd place and audience.

To listen to you, you'd think that Hillary had something to do with creating this mess for Obama, Wright is just another controversial figure in Obama's life, and this whole flap isn't that big a deal. She didn't, he isn't, and it is.

but will there is no doubt by correctly taking on Wright and Sharpton directly he has secured himself as a force for the future

Sharpton? When did Obama take Sharpton on? Sharpton hasn't done anything but say that it took a lot courage for Obama to come out and say what he did about Wright.