Barack Obama and White Voters

People tell pollsters all sorts of crazy shit all the time. Remember Howard Dean was ahead in nearly every poll in Iowa in 2004. And remember the "Dean Scream" that may have had some impact in some of the later primaries/caucuses post-dated Dean's third or fourth place standing in the Iowa results.

That said, I hope you're mistaken about the Tolerance Fatigue effect. Although I suspect you may be right that there may be a drift in the coming weeks.

"obama is called an African–American. However, Obama is half-white. His father, who was black, abandoned him and his mother when he was about two years old. He lived with his white mother and white grandparents."

why does he deny his white stripes? if his birth mother is white,how can he be called an african-american?

if he became america's president then he would become america's first bi-racial president,not america's first african-american president.

if barack were to say to the american people that he is neither black nor white,but simply,an american,then i and countless others would vote for him into office as americas 'forty fourth president.'

I am also "half white" and I self-identify both as Black and as mixed, the two are not mutually exclusive. Identifying as Black does not mean denying any diversity in your bloodstream.. just think of how many people who ID as Black will be eager to tell you about their Native American roots. Obama is not denying his white ancestry at all.

trashsurfr - You comment makes no sense. What difference does race play in who you vote for? He has to declare himself neither black nor white to get your vote? What about what he stands for?

Barack Obama is African American because his father was African America. Other happen to choose to call theirselves bi-racial but really medicine goes by the father if he is present at birth. So technically he is African- American.

Why does it matter about his race anyway???

Why does it matter about his race anyway???

Why does it matter about his race anyway???

During the highest periods of racism in the south, if you had any black in you dispite having a white parent you were considered black. I think that he embraces both and was probably excepted by african americans more than whites when he was young. My children are mixed with white and have attended schools that are mostly white and some that are mostly black. It amazes me how black kids treat them as something strange and ask them what are they mixed with, and the white children just play with them and never ask at all. It doesn't matter what race he is anyway.

Barack Obama is half white and half black, but if he calls him bi-racial, he would not receive this kind of support from the African American group, which he needs to win the election. As you all know that he is the eight cousin of Dick Cheney, Vice President and 11th cousin of George Bush. Hw is HALF WHITE, there is no doubt about it.

Barack Obama is half white and half black, but if he calls himself bi-racial, he would not receive overwhelming support from the African Americans, which he needs to win the election. As you all know that he is the eight cousin of Dick Cheney, Vice President and 11th cousin of George Bush. He is HALF WHITE, there is no doubt about it.

trashsurfr, Obama calls himself black because he has black in him. According to the one pint rule, once you have black in you you are black. It doesn't matter whether or not he's half black, quater, one eighth black etc, once he has that "black blood" he is thought of as black....not white. In any event, you should not be voting for someone based on their race. It should be the person who brings forth all the qualities you would want to see in office.

trashsurfr, Obama calls himself black because he has black in him. According to the one pint rule, once you have black in you you are black. It doesn't matter whether or not he's half black, quater, one eighth black etc, once he has that "black blood" he is thought of as black....not white. In any event, you should not be voting for someone based on their race. It should be the person who brings forth all the qualities you would want to see in office.