It was all of the above. I know many white guilt ridden whites who knew obama was not qualified but voted for him anyway out of white guilt.
Liberal whites are the worst pieces of shit on the planet. They are worse than a plague of locusts.
It'll take years before anyone admits this but: Given an identical set of circumstances, he would have still won if white.
On some level right-wingers are very fortunate he's black. His race is a built-in factor no one has to openly deal with at the polls should republicans ever get serious about the white house next term. Without race they'd have to deal with other issues like the war, overspending, AIG, Fannie Mac, and all the other conditions/regulations that ultimately led to this mess.
You guys are also lucky Hillary Clinton is an attention whore. Staying out of the limelight and taking the Ill. seat would have meant no Barack Obama as president.
I wish the right would stop making gay excuses and become republicans again.