Do you really know anyone who likes Obama better because he's black? I know some black folks who are glad there's finally a black president, but it's more of a matter of the US finally getting over some of the historical prejudice. Obama still has to deliver.

I would like to see a woman president, and I would like to see a gay president. This is because I dislike bigotry so much. But first and foremost, I would like to see a smart and capable president. That's the only criteria I go by. The same is true of everybody I've talked to about it.

Saying that people like him better because he's black sounds like the crap the media pours over us all the time.

LH, you have a sad tendency to let your philosophical generalities interrupt your contact with what's really going on with real people.

So -- who have you talked to (other than possibly some outright racists) who pays more attention to Obama's blackness than they do to whether or not he's a good president?