I'm still not convinced. His campaign still distorts facts (check out Factcheck.org), I don't know if he ever raised the issue of the comments with the preacher before it became wide public knowledge and he only got into the Senate by virtue of a good speech and the GOP in Illinois self-destructing.
I disagree a bit about his being in the Senate because of the Illinois GOP "self-destructing." Obama was leading against Ryan even before the "scandal" broke.
Obama is a great speaker, and a truly inspirational speaker. In terms of his background, it's interesting, but not inspirational; he grew up partly in a foreign county, but not in deprived conditions. His father had an Ivy League education and his mother a doctorate. Clinton has had to deal with more "adversity," but only on a personal level (and I do mean Bill).
