I've only heard him in one in-depth interview, and was not impressed. He's simply a nice earnest fellow who means well. So what. He's never run any sizeable organization, and he has no fresh ideas. But he's black, and the limousine liberals would like to elect a black president to prove how enlightened they are. America deserves better, and what it deserves most is dismantled electoral and congressional rules, and a 3 or 4 party system.