(I think) there’s truth in what Jesse was saying. Obama code switches, depending on the audience he’s speaking to. When the news covers him speaking to predominantly black voters, he breaks into a southern drawl, throws in a few double negatives, and makes cheap attempts at evoking some kind of evangelical preacher spirit. If he was smart, he’d stop worrying about convincing black America that he’s black, and start perfecting his Spanish.<p>Make no mistake, I’m voting for him, but I’m certainly not as smitten as I was when he first hit the scene.
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