We're talkin' about middle American perceptions here McGrath, the Bush administration had become so unpopular that someone on another thread was moved to say that "if Obama was white the Dems would be 20 percentage points ahead."

The "liberal" media got behind him when they realised there could be "months of milage in this one" the first "black" president

Remember the Blair honeymoon? How many years did it take before everyone realised what he was?