Having announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination for president, Obama poses a unique challenge to his opponents and detractors.
How far he will get remains to be seen, but along the way, he will prove to be a candidate that is head and shoulders above the candidacies of Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, Carol Moseley Braun and Al Sharpton, and even those of Al Gore and John Kerry.
Already it's clear that although he is Black and looks Black, he transcends his race and the Black label, and attempts to racialize him and marginalize him, as they did with Shirley, Jessie and Al, have been fruitless so far.
He's even shown the fire in his belly, when he promptly responded to the recent attempt to 'swift boat' him, unlike the passive non-response by Kerry when he was similarly attacked in 2004.
The dilemma for his opponents and detractors is, how do you attack him on other than the substance of his message? I'm sure they will try, but I don't think they will be very successful.
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