I don't dismiss that either, and have recently written as such. And if I was in, say, Indiana or Ohio, I probably would've voted for O as those states are toss ups and tend to determine the election. But here in Michigan, O owns the state, and has since McCain wrote it off. So voting for O here is purely about personal feelings and symbolism. Among African-Americans, that's most understandable, to the degree that a white American can understand such things. Among white lib yuppies here in Ann Arbor (and I know and am around my share of them), it's about "proving" one's anti-racism. Some of these dopes are pretty insufferable on this front. Let's see how they react when O starts doing a little bombing of his own.
Dennis