"...why is your candidate so eager to point out that if elected HE will be the first African American President of the United States.?"

Funny...I have not heard him discuss it in that way. **EAGER**??? That's silly!

The only point I have heard Obama make about the situation is that it is heartening to know that the USA has progressed far enough that it was even POSSIBLE for him to get this nomination!

50 years ago, he'd never have had a chance. Now he does....It is good for America whether he wins or loses.

and by the way...let's keep it accurate, he would not be "the first African American President"...he would be the first president with some African American heritage. Some folks ...on both sides... tend to dismiss the fact that the other side of his family were from Kansas, and that he actually has some Irish heritage. He is a nice guy who lived an interesting life and followed a path that put him in position to compete for this position.....and whose father was from Kenya.