65 million Americans voted for Obama, 53% of the vote. I doubt that Obama’s drop in popularity is due to race. If you are popular or eloquent race becomes less of an issue. Michael Jordan. Oprah. Michael Jackson.

However, when you say or do things that are unpopular and you are criticized, race does creep into the discussion. Human beings have a tendency to kick others when they are down. Ugly, but true.

If president Obama were to come up with ideas that truly reached across all political and social divides, I doubt we would be having such heated discussions on race. The one thing I was hoping Obama would do was bring the country together. I’m still hoping.