"I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother "

Two areas of Obama's speech were most powerful and put the 'GOP and their Hillary's smear' to rest. There's no argument any more. Now move on.

"I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother – a woman who helped raise me, a woman who sacrificed again and again for me, a woman who loves me as much as she loves anything in this world, but a woman who once confessed her fear of black men who passed by her on the street, and who on more than one occasion has uttered racial or ethnic stereotypes that made me cringe."

"The fact that so many people are surprised to hear that anger in some of Reverend Wright's sermons simply reminds us of the old truism that the most segregated hour in American life occurs on Sunday morning. That anger is not always productive; indeed, all too often it distracts attention from solving real problems; it keeps us from squarely facing our own complicity in our condition, and prevents the African-American community from forging the alliances it needs to bring about real change. But the anger is real; it is powerful; and to simply wish it away, to condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm of misunderstanding that exists between the races."

It's his simple truth in a very complicated reality.

How many DUers struggle with their conservative or bigoted relatives but never give up on them? We read about that here so often during the holidays when families gather. Many here, no doubt, can relate to Obama's experience no matter which candidate they support in this campaign.

I overslept :(