I don't think they're fixated on skin color as much as fixated on the fact that he's one of theirs instead of being a despised Republican, Songwronger. Sure, skin color may play some part in many Democrats' idealistic notions about Mr Obama's supposed altruism, after being prepared for such idealism by decades of watching feelgood movies about noble blacks fighting the lonely fight against racism, just like all those other movies we've seen about noble gays, noble Native Americans, noble suffering women, and anyone else handy who serves as a symbolic way of allowing millions of guilty whites to expiate their crushing (imagined) burden of shared historical guilt and feel a little better about themselves, etc...

But the main thing for his diehard supporters is merely this: He's NOT a blood-sucking Republican!!!!!!!!! ;-)

My guess is that Bobert would be defending Al Gore, John Kerry, Hilary Clinton, or any other elected Democratic president if they had been elected in 2008 instead of Obama, and with the same touching but (in my opinion) naive loyalty that he is showing for Mr Obama.

It's because he is so horrified at the thought of the Republicans returning to office (and I'll admit it definitey horrifies me too...)! Obama's just GOT to be the Trojan Horse candidate who will turn things around, you see...or my pal Bobert's got NOTHING to hope for in the next 5 years!

I sympathize with your plight, Bobert. Everyone wants some kind of hope to look forward with. I can understand why you are still clinging to the hope that Obama will prove to be a genuine progressive.

I don't have any hope that he will. Not a shred. Not any longer. I have no hope in either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party...but I don't get to vote for those guys anyway.

Good thing. I'd hate to think I'd helped either one of them get into office.