The democratic process of undemocratically selecting a candidate by way of Obama using (or is it misusing?) his ‘blackness’ when playing up to the ‘black’ voters to elect a ‘black’ person president overwhelms in an effort to override his lack of experience, empty solutions and little substance.

He still offers no relief for drivers’ gas pain now. His ‘push back’ calling Hillary’s immediate solution of a price per gallon tax break a ‘gimmick’ is a gimmick. He does not relate to the lower income people who find themselves in financial difficulty, or people who commute long distances to work, or truck drivers who will get thousands of dollars in relief transporting products and produce to the shelves of our stores.

Obama’s efforts to dodge the topic of race also feeds the belief that race will cease to be a problem if he is elected because he didn’t bring it up. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, however, forced Obama to confront race even though it may have torpedoed Obama’s hopes.
Race now is an uncomfortable part of Obama’s campaign, despite his masterful speech on race in March and his recent denunciation of Wright. “He’s gone from being not black enough to too black,” Ricks said.
White candidates such as Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain have to do the opposite to appeal to black voters. They have to emphasize race to win black votes but run race neutral with whites. They have the luxury of turning race on and off. Obama does not.

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