What's The Big Deal: Barack Obama And The "Bi" Racial Card

The "race" card is an issue that has been discussed at length within the context of 2008's Presidential election. Barack Obama is making history as the first African-American to be the presumptive nominee of either party. . . or is he . . . there has been much noise made recently about the fact that Mr. Obama has a white mother and grandmother . . . thus making him bi-racial . . . or does it . . . race is very much socially constructed, and therefore, how you, or others, identify you racially effects how they talk about you . . . and more importantly what preconceived notions they hold about you.

As much as the color of someone's skin should not matter in 2008, the reality is . . . it does. Therefore, the Obama campaign is beginning to talk about the "bi" racial card . . . Click the link to view a story about this issue.

Barack Obama Weighs In On Separation of Church And State

Below, I have posted a clip of Barack Obama giving a speech in which he weighs in on the issue of "Separation of Church and State". Hit the link to check it out.

Separation of Church and State: McCain vs. Obama

The separation of church and state is one of many key issues being debated by our presumptive presidential candidates - John McCain and Barack Obama. The following link outlines what each candidate has stated about this issue. Further, the summary brings up a few quotes that each candidate has issued in the past, and compares them to their current stance.

What do you think? Is the separation of church and state a key issue in the current election? If so, how do you think each candidate could use this topic to bolster their campaigns?