Race is the only thing that this election has been about. If you listen to most reports from the media he's black first then a president. Yeah can you imagine if they reported a president as white first? I can't see the big hype here, it was going to happen one day, a black person in this country has the exact same legal rights as any other person here so it was only a matter of time before one became president. Do we need it thrown up in our face everytime the news comes on that he's black? No thanks all of America gets that and it shouldn't matter. He's a president first who happens to be black not the other way around. The simple reality is that the expectations placed on him by the media more then likely will not be met, he's just a person and while I hope he does good (I did not vote for him, but he's there now so I hope for the best) I try to keep a realistic outlook on the situation, he's not going to be the answer to all of the problems we face as a nation.