I think we have come close to this issue in politics forum questions, but we seem to have no answer. After all, for one prominent example, the likes of Barack Obama has come out of his being elected here in Illinois, when I see (have seen since his first ballot appearance) that he likely should never have been. And, ‘race’ has been a mainstay (‘mania’-stay?) of his campaigns all along – when he ran for federal Senator, one Chicago columnist ‘of color’ called on people ‘of color’ to vote for him quite precisely just because of his race he shared with them. Of course, the columnist also shared his socialistic so-called ‘liberal’ so-called ‘progressive’ views – from right out of the 1920s, 30s and 40s. So when Alan Keyes, a conservative just as ‘of color’, became his opponent, Mr. Keyes got no such racialist ‘recommendation’.

And, now, widespread national groups are as enamored of him as Illinois folks have been – for no apparent ‘good’ reason.