Reply #58: Yep. And that's also part of why the media has been favorable, too.

[Not the Only One]

It's not because the media is desirous (to use Rush's words about McNabb, quoted in another thread) to have a black man be our nominee, but because they like that he's fresh and new and interesting and inspiring. JFK was all those things in 1960, too. Obama has also earned the respect of the media by conducting himself honorably.

It's the message and the messenger, but it's not about his race. Gary Hart almost pulled it off in 1984, but his dick got in the way, and he couldn't raise money like Obama has from over a million people hungry for change.