Black or White?

First I must say that the Obama speech about race was certainly one of the best speeches I have ever heard, and I've been a political junkie for many years. To give an idea of how long, I remember the Roosevelt/Willkie presidential campaign of 1940. Not really well, but I can still see in my mind the buttons and signs.

 

Now the question. Why is Obama referred to as the 'black" candidate? His mother was caucasian and his father was African. That makes him just as much a "white man" as a "black man".

 

We don't need a "black man", or a "white man". we need a smart man or woman, something we haven't had for 7 years and counting.

 

I believe Barack Obama is a very smart man.