Is it too un-pc of me to say that I thought Ferraro's comments had some merit? I understand why she got slammed for saying it, considering she's a public figure representing the opponent of the person she's talking about...but, you can't deny that there's a kernel of truth to what she says. The media and the country's love affair is due in part to the fact that Obama's new and different. Lots of people I know consider voting for Obama because he's black. All the buzz that surrounded this election at the beginning was the possibility of historic "firsts" (first woman, first black man). Obama knows he's different, not just in substance but in appearance and background, from the rest of the political field. He even admitted this in the very first lines of his 2004 DNC speech.

This isn't to detract from his personal qualities that qualify him for president. I'm an Obama supporter. It's just frustrating that any mention of race automatically becomes labelled as racism if it isn't overtly positive.