Yes, we don't know anything about him nor do we want to know any more than what has been said. He is a con-artist and everyone has fallen for it. Remember when Geo Constanza on Seinfeld said they were doing a show about nothing? Well this is a show about nothing. It should be called "The Glassy-Eyed Americans and The Empty Suit". Oh America where have you gone? Life as we knew it changed with the Bush Admin. I fear with this guy we will be entering the abyss. No matter how you slice it the popular vote was never heard. What else is there to know? Wright has now conveniently returned to Trinity.,enough said. Draw your own conclusions. I am 1 of 18 million that drew mine. More than you know are NOT going to kiss and makeup with Howard Dean.

Sir;
If I may be so bold as to add to your comment on the three aces; there is a fourth ace in Obama. He is not one of them. He is not a part of the Washington two party clique that has done nothing for this country, and everything to turn this place into a spoil of war. His ace is lack of experience. The more a person hangs in Washington the more corroded they become so they can glibly defend the marketing of lobbies just like a girl saying: Sure, I've done it for money but that doesn't make me a ..... . Believe it or not; a vote for Obama is a vote for government that can work, and against a government that cannot get out of its own way unless it is on a fool's errand. That is his last ace. And if he does not play it with every bit of skill he can manage, he may be a one term president, because people need a change, not just of presidents, or parties, but of the whole direction this government has strayed in -in the pursuit of self interest.

His problem is that he is black, pure and simple. Or perceived as black and not white, even though he is every bit as much white as he is black. That fact and what the average American's mind does with it says about as much as anything could about how significant it is in our politics that a candidate has ANY discernible percentage of African blood in him. People will never admit, perhaps even to themselves, that they hate him (or just plain don't want him) because he is black, but they will find a million other excuses to serve as the carrier of their venom. The fact that there are people like Wright in his life is merely a reflection of black culture in this country. Barack's genius, which of course is also potentially his downfall, is his unwillingness to cut himself off from Wright and others like him who, like it or not, are listened to by many blacks and many others for that matter in this the nation and probably all over the world. Barack is RELEVANT, and that means he is not willingly going to cut himself off from any relevant group or body of sentiment. Poor Joe Sixpack or Luchbucket or whatever you want to call him may not like Wright, but he exists whether they want him to or not. The ultimate irony is that the Joe's don't really get that they will probably never see another black man come along as capable as Barack of crediting their legitimate grievances against the failings of the black community (hint: having Wright in the fold is NOT a legitimate greivance) as Barack is, because what he is all about is relevance and reality. And of course, poor Cheneybush and McCain just can't get the relevance and reality thing through their thick moats of denial. It is only Barack's ability to rise above the playground-style name-calling, the self-serving self-righteousness, and the simpleton attempts to pigeonhole him that have allowed him to get to where he is and may well carry him on to the White House. Joe Biden would probably give anything to take back that flip but well-intended statement you quoted, and Pat you got perhaps a little closer to the mark by reaching to entertainment and sports for a way to characterize what it is about Barack that is so compelling. But you're still missing the point.

He has gotten just about the whole world on his side, and that is because, despite the headwind of displeasure too many small minds find in considering his racial ancestry, he is a world-class statesman, a planetary phenomenon, the kind that comes along only once in a very long while. Pat, even you must feel in your heart of hearts that we must not blow this opportunity. You have a fine historical perspective, you can see where we are headed, and surely you must agree that this could be just about our last before the Titanic starts to go under.

I agree with the above comments. I may not be an articulate writer, however, I can only speak my mind. It seems that the major TV stations are doing to McCain what they did to Hillary and that is being supportive of BO. God it so obvious, am I the only one that sees it. Probably not, so, come 18 Million or more, stand beside me, SPEAK UP.
"The Glassy Eyed Americans" is similar to the gleam in the eyes as the Jim Jones followers had and this is scary.
It seems folks are NEEDY for something and BO seems to be fulfilling that Need. CHANGE, Christ, everyone is for Change. But, I gotta tell you folks, when I was at a BO rally, I felt the electricity,(I must be needy) however, I put that energy into Ms Hillary's campaign. I am NOT supporting a President in training, I will support McCain. Yeah, I'm one of them, and, I will not calm down by November. WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. OK McCain.
The DNC did a number on Hillary by pushing her out, also, announcing BO a winner and the disrespected voters were at the polls. Remember the peoples choice when he had the numbers and then she had the numbers 18mil and then, OMG, the delegates counted. How convenient,. As for Pelosi, seems she forgot the Glass Ceiling and failed to be supportive. Don't give me, that Oprah comment, I am Free to choose, sure Oprah, color over ceiling.
WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER.

I am happy that Obama won. But, Pat Buchanan and other Republicans have missed the point as to why there was such an outpour of absolute hatred for the Republican Party... The answer to that is Karl Rove, Cheney, Bush and others like them. They are a new breed of vermon that has infiltrated the Republicans with their filth, anger, mean-spirited lies, and their 'pit-bull' mentality. Look what they are doing to Palin now...shoving HER under the bus and blaming HER for McCain's loss. In 2000, Rove and his thugs destroyed McCain. In 2004 they destroyed Kerry. And in 2008, they tried the same thing, but the American People were SICK of their tactics. They need to return to the Reagan years...the years where they had decency and respect for people. Get RID of Karl Rove and his thugs and they might be able to return to a good party again. The mean, vicious tactics don't work anymore.