And you neglect the role of the oppositional-at-all-cost, thinly disguised racism, the public insults of the GOP?  See, Josh, this is a perfect example of what I find so objectionable: that a number of posters here leave out 90% of the equation in a continuation of the "hate Obama" campaign.  I will tell you here that the African American community, for example, saw Obama as asking Americans to take action to help their communities (just as he did in Chicago) and to which huge numbers responded by doing just that.  You search for devious meaning/interpretation of minor incidents that are far more then questionable in terms of your own judgment, even where the dynamics of a campaign exchange is clearly at play.  Did you forget Mitt Romney's insistence during a debate that Obama never used the term "terrorist," until the moderator inserted that she had seen and heard Obama do so, and it was captured on video?  So, like MSW, I would hope that you will ascertain facts before you speak.