A poll by a non-partisan "fact tank" in the U.S. has revealed that African-Americans are more optimistic about racial matters today than they have been in 25 years, while Hispanics are more pessimistic when it comes to matters of race.
The U.S. presidential election is on Nov. 4, 2008 but early voting has started in many places and people from all walks of life have gone out in large numbers. One woman can’t believe that she is able to vote for a future president.
Democrats haven’t won a majority of whites since 1964. The party leadership is worried that Obama can’t win if he doesn’t improve Democrats’ appeal to the white working class. Is the term “Bubba” helping or hurting Obama?