Mike Paul's Blog - Whites Won't Really Vote For Obama!

According to CNN, four decades after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death -- and just weeks after Barack Obama's win in the Iowa caucus -- a CNN poll finds more Americans than ever before believe the country is ready for a black president.

Seventy-two percent of white Americans and 61 percent of black Americans surveyed in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Monday say the nation is ready for a black commander in chief.

That number is higher than it was two years ago, when 65 percent of whites and 54 percent of blacks felt the same way. It's also higher than the proportion of either men or women -- 64 percent and 65 percent, respectively -- who currently believe the nation is ready for a woman in the White House.

The top six concerns for both whites and blacks in making their presidential choice this year are exactly the same in the following order -- the economy, Iraq, terrorism, health care, gas prices and Iran -- though blacks place a higher level of importance on all those issues.

But the groups part ways over the issue of race relations. That concern is roughly as important as taxes to black voters this election year, with roughly 41 percent saying it will have a major impact on their presidential vote. But just 12 percent of whites feel the same.

Roughly 4 in 10 individuals in both groups say that the country has fulfilled all, or at least a great deal, of King's dream. However, they have different views on whether King's dream will ever be fully realized in the United States. When asked whether race relations will always pose a problem in the United States, about half of black Americans, 52 percent, said yes -- and just 43 percent of whites shared that view. When posed the same question in 1993, 55 percent of blacks and 53 percent of whites thought race relations would always be a problem for the United States.

The survey, which includes interviews with 1,393 adult Americans, including 743 whites and 513 blacks, was conducted by telephone January 14-17 and has a sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.

A few comments from the Reputation Doctor regarding Barack Obama's reputation and predictions for the upcoming election:

There is a big difference between responding to a poll to say America is ready for a black president and actually voting for one yourself in private on Election Day.
Let's be honest and let's be blunt. Many of the same people who say one thing in a poll actually believe something else and their actions speak louder than their words. No different than a corporation caught with racist or sexist policies against its black and female employees saying it has a zero-tolerance policy against any type of discrimination. It sounds good, but it is a lie and seen as the right thing to say versus the truth. There's a big difference!

Racism is still alive and well in American and it will prevent Obama from becoming the first black President of the United States in this election.
In my opinion, racism lives in a different form today in America, but it is still very much alive. Racism may not scream as loudly as it once did in the past, but it is still alive and well and hides behind the doors of America in every state of our United States. Most Americans are not really ready to vote for a man to lead the free world that looks different than them. I do believe more whites than ever before are ready to vote for a black man for president, but not in the numbers needed for Obama to win. He may be Superman to some, but racism is his kryptonite.

Obama's reputation as a young, intelligent, determined leader who is learning quickly on the job may guide him to a future presidency.
Barack Obama is a quick study and a man who knows how to inspire many younger Americans, but America is still filled with many older Americans who remember the past and lived in a day when a black man could not even vote in the U.S. Ironically, that was only 44 years ago. I know because I was born in 1964. I predict Obama will lose the Democratic nomination this time, but he will be back in the future.

Yes, we have come a long way, but we have miles to go before a black man becomes leader of the free world and becomes President of the United States of America. The list of current and past presidents is all white and all male. One day a black man will change all that. His name just might be Barack Obama, but the year it happens won't be 2008. However, it may be the same man and the year may be 2016. And yes, a woman will be president before a black man is president. Hold me to my predictions. When a woman becomes president, it will change the reputation of our nation forever. When a black man becomes president it will be a movement across the world for all to see. From slavery to the presidency. What a legacy. What a country.

Remember, do the right thing when your reputation is in crisis and seek the counsel of an experienced reputation management expert. It will be a major challenge, but ultimately the rewards of repairing your reputation will be great. Why? Because Your Reputation Is Everything!™

Mike Paul is editor of The Reputation Doctor blog. The Reputation Doctor is a nickname given to him by various clients. Mike's blog is located at www.ReputationDoctor.com. He appears regularly on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, Court TV, ABC News, ESPN, CBS News, BBC, and others as a weekly contributor and expert in the global news regarding corporations, CEOs, celebrities, athletes, politicians and other public organizations and public individuals with reputations in crisis. Mr. Paul is also president and senior counselor of MGP & Associates PR (www.mgppr.com), a leading strategic public relations and reputation management firm based in New York. For interview requests, speeches, senior counseling or other business opportunities with Mr. Paul, call 212-595-8500 or email info@mgppr.com.

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I voted for Obama. And it does not metter for me what colour is candidate. What he talks and do - that maters.

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