Obama and black voters

From CNN's main page today, I followed this link:

"Black America cool on Obama" to the article titled:

"Obama getting a cool reception from Black America"

To me those say opposite things...but whatever...

This line brings says it all.

Obama suffers, in part, because voters are not familiar with him and there is doubt whether the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, who was raised in Hawaii and educated in elite schools, can relate to the black American experience.

I'm no expert on African American culture (not even with 5 years in Philly), but that rings true to me.

On the other hand, this is politics, and the current image matters way more than the reality (ie: a Yalie cheerleader wealthy Connecticut boy half-convinced voters he is a Texan Cowboy). My guess though, is Obama is going to hold Black Culture at arm's length. He'll probbaly act like every other modern presidential candidate.