I was talking to one of my african american friends about the election and he voted for bush in '00 and '04 but this is what he had to say:
"If he sounded like Bush it wouldnt even be worth it,(voting for Obama) but i will say the fact that he is black and knows his issues really puts it to a whole other level ya know, it's just something black people have waited for, forever pretty much. All those racist people still think black people are absolutly good for nothin man and now that an intelligent black man is doing something big like this its like a kick in the face to them (white people) and you don't know what it means to us.
The good thing about it is that he's a black man representing everyone and knowing what a whole lot of people both black and white have gone through."
I know this may be exteme but I figured I would throw out the views of an african american on this issue.