Kennedy Endorses Obama

That is a very good point. I was happy to see other establishment Dem's support Obama, John Kerry and Tom Daschle (sp?) and others. I think before they were scared to support Obama as they figured Hillary wins this year and Obama takes over in 8, but the Clinton's actions as of late (including talk of including the Florida & Michigan delegates against the DNC wishes) really has turned a lot of people off.

Normally I'd agree with you as candidates like Jesse Jackson and Alan Keyes are such ridiculous candidates but Obama has done an excellent job at trancending race winning in states like Iowa and nearly winning New Hampshire. I first thought a black candidate would have no chance in the South where I'm sure there's still some closet racism. But as South Carolina showed us he can bring together a coalition of voters all ages, all colors, and even both genders (which is something special against Hillary the first potential woman president). As for Obama's middle name I doubt the America public is so dumb to fall for that Republican trick. Obama is a Christian and always has been. He could be named Barack Osama but that would not change the fact that he believes in God and has never had any ties to Muslims.

So one would assume. Unfortunately, Barack H. Obama happens to be not your usual Black American. Born in Hawaii and also raised in foreign nations, Obama has a view of things unlike that of many Black Americans (most still with a plantation mentality), and therefore this confuses most Black Americans. Have you noticed that besides Oprah and a few others, most famous and often pompous Black personalities are not rallying for Obama? Being Black in the USA does not necessarily mean being accepted by Blacks, especially Black Americans.

Except that his step father was a radical Muslim. But that's beside the point. I do agree, though, that Obama is not like Jesse Jackson, etc. That is a black president that I most certainly would not want. If anyone is racist, it's Jesse Jackson. However, the southern vote for Obama is actually a majority black. You have to remember that, although the south still has the racist stamp put on it by others, there are more blacks in the south than in most other regions, and they will most likely overwhelmingly vote for Obama.

You never know in this primary as the swings have been crazy back and forth but it seems thislast backlash is because of Bill Clinton's negativity and they refusal to listen to the democratic party. Hillary now wants to use the Michigan and Florida delegates which is basically cheating but who knows what'll happen next. Should be an exciting race for sure.

Yeah it seems like she came out of nowhere. My only guess is maybe she is big on the East Coast but I hadn't heard of any Kennedy except Ted Kennedy for a long time.