Obama's black racial consciousness.....
Contrary to what Obama and his supporters want the American people to believe, Obama is not a "post-racial" president. As abundantly demonstrated in his two autobiographies, his 20-year membership in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "unashamedly black" Trinity United Church of Christ, and his "intensely race-conscious approach" to politics as an Illinois state senator (see ** below), Obama is deeply committed to his "black" identity -- despite having a white mother and being raised for much of his childhood by his white grandparents. Furthermore, Obama built his political career on promoting the interests of the black urban community. Right or wrong, fair or unfair, Obama's black racial consciousness is having a negative effect for him as president because it undermining his appeal among white working- and middle-class voters.
** The senator's tenure as a state legislator reveals him to be an old-fashioned, big government, race-conscious liberal..... http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/386abhgm.asp?pg=2