I'm sorry, but I'm not participating in the religious revival known as Obamania. According to those who study Congressional voting records (such as the American Conservative Union-- http://www.acuratings.org/ ) , Mr. Obama is a liberal extremist, even to the left of Hillary Clinton. I don't want the USA to become South Canada.
Dr. Martin Luther King taught us to ignore race when considering the qualifications of a man or woman. But if Obama was a white man with the same credentials (actually, lack of credentials), even if he was as gifted at speaking, he would be ignored instead of being the presidential front-runner.