Reply #16: i honestly don't think this hurts Obama... [View All]

In this country, having black activists out there saying "he's our man" would turn off substantial numbers of white voters and not just the 30% backwash as Stephen Colbert calls them...for the average, middle of the road, white voter to pull the lever for Obama or any black candidate for PRESIDENT of the US, they will have to feel an extraordinary level of comfort with him. A level of comfort they do not feel with the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons and more activist black politicians...they are easily charicatured and marginalized by the RW controlled media. I even think that the people quoted in that article are aware of this and not wanting to give him the kiss of death by jumping up to support him, they are giving him the space he needs to gain the BROAD support from middle America that he must have to be a serious contender...