A Colorblind Vote

In the name of considering the possibility of a color-blind vote for president in 2008, the Chicago Tribune has a story focusing on black voters and their views of Obama. So, to consider a non-racial vote, they break things down by race. And much of the discussion of this colorblind-ness is on whether or not Obama is sufficiently "black" without being too black. The undercurrent of the article is that the vote would only be colorblind if Obama wins. If he wins, it was colorblind, if he loses it's because "the whole of America will [not] allow a black man to win the presidency." Interesting how that all works.