Yes, I do - but not with me

No I think there unpopular because they are radical and many will cost this country money we don't have.

I hope we are all running the same race,the human race.

His policies are not unpopular with the majority of Americans. With the ones he is unpopular with, I think there is a mix of that in there along with ideology.

I am tired of hearing "racist" on both sides of this thing. <soapbox> No, I do not think that most people who object to Obama do so because of his ethnicity. Yes there are a few but very few. No, I do not think that most people who agree with Obama do so because of his ethnicity. There are a few, but very few. No, not all minorities voted for him and, those that did, most did not do so because of his race! Most whites who did not vote for him did not base this decision on race. <b>Aighh!! </b></soapbox>

Excellent question. I think the policies Obama is pursuing would spark howls of protests from the far right no matter what his race. That said, the far right harbors a great deal of opposition to racial equality. They are the champions of "Ending reverse racism." even though statistics show that in every major measure of equality, whites are still FAR ahead of other races in the USA. Also, the far right tends to get its news from the far right, listen only to the far right, discuss things almost exclusively with the far right, and hang out with birds of a feather. They are quick to resort to aggression when they encounter anyone with differing views, particularly if their authorization leaders seem to endorse that aggressive opposition. They are the perfect lynch mob, always ready to go get a rope when their leaders suggest it. Given such inbreeding, it is no surprise they are dumbfounded by a Democrat who is liberal, black, and has an African sounding name being elected President. Many are sure that the election had to be stolen, because even though they represent a small percentage of the total US population, their inbreeding leads them to believe they are the vast majority. So in those senses, yes, his race does play a part in the shrillness of the hate speech.

No, I think they are unpopular because Fox Echo Box will report on a "story" that is not true until it becomes a story, thus sending all the extreme right into a panic.

I think the Racists use "policies" as a beard/shield/cloak for hatred. It is very convenient for them to say.."it's his policies not his race". Now, are there people who are not racist who don't like his policies? Sure there are. But they don't listen to Rush Limbaugh and carry racist signs at Tea Parties. Too bad the mud from racists spills over and dirties those who aren't hatemongers. :(

If I have learned anything from working in politics and government for the last 22+ years, it's this: Nothing ever happens, and an idea is never either embraced or despised, for just one reason. I think there are people out there who would refuse a cure for cancer if Barack Obama invented it. Then there are people who might cut a white guy some slack for proposing the same things, but who see Obama and his background as different in ways they have not had to deal with in the context of their President before. In other words, folks who, from a policy perspective, might ordinarily be sitting on the fence, but in this case find themselves on one side or the other because of his race. (Note that this applies both to people for whom his racial and ethnic background are positives, as well as those who see them as negatives.) But I do know that the vast majority of people on both sides of every question genuinely want what is best for the country. It's one of the things that I love about the United States. Getting back to my point that nothing happens for just one reason, though, I mean that while people may seem on the surface to share an idea (Obama is a bad President/Obama is a good President) there is a vast diversity in the ways individual people reached those conclusions. And because no position held by the public is held for just one reason, opposition likewise never springs from just one source. So it's important not to over-generalize. If you do, you run the risk of overlooking folks on the other side who have good points you yourself might have missed. Debate opponents are often the folks who are the first to point out your mistakes -- because they have no vested interest in your being right. And, oddly, that sometimes makes them your most important friends.

Actually.....no. Correction: There are certainly those for whom his race DOES make both him and his policies unpopular. But these are a small fraction of the total. In the world of politics, the currency of concern is POWER, and the bankers of that power aren't the individuals (such as our elected officials themselves), but the PARTIES. The Party puts forth their candidate for President, as one whom they believe both represents the best interests of the Party AND who stands the best chance of being elected into power...and thus increasing the political power of the Party itself. Race is ONLY a consideration in terms of how it affects those two things. Obama is the President. The President is often cited as being "the most powerful leader of the free world", and that he is. However, he is NOTHING without the power of his political party behind him. Our political system is an ever-shifting river of political power, with the various parties and individuals representing the currents that make up that river. The most powerful currents determine the general direction that river takes, but all the other currents work together to determine exactly what course the river will take. Those for whom race is the determining factor in their dislike of him and his policies form only small, eddy currents along the fringe of that river. Obama represents the Democratic Party...the Democratic Party backs Obama. As in ANY such political system, those that oppose the leader (Obama) do so for POLITICAL reasons...and thus for POWER. Race is a minor side issue overall. ESPECIALLY in this day and age. Regardless of those who stand up and scream "RACE!" as loudly as they can, the fact remains that the issues of race are nowhere NEAR what they were a century and a half or more ago. They are nowhere NEAR what they were even half a century ago. We have come a long way since then. Anyone who doubts that blatently ignores one glaring fact: In a nation of 300,000,000 people, where 74% of that population is white and only 14% is black, we have a black man as President of the United States.