Obama and his speech

At this point I have not heard the entirety of Barak Obama's speech on race which was given yesterday. I have been bombarded almost to the point of harassment from the news stations and radio talk shows about certain key points in the speech. If I only listen to what I am told I would say as many other have said, 'This is possibly the best and most powerful speech on race that has ever been given'. 'Everything is fixed and Obama has regained his leader roll and will get the nomination.'

Why is it that I find myself still speculating about things that this speech was supposed to answer for me?

I guess the biggest thing for me is trying to figure out why he views himself so strongly as an African American. True by nature he is 50% caucasian, 50% African American, but by nurture he should be much more in tune with his white herritage. I use the word loyal lightly hear because I mean no disrespect, but why does he seem more loyal to the part of his herritage that abandoned him. Remind me, it was his African American father who left him at a very young age. Was it not his caucasian mother and grandparents who raised him and gave him a loving household to grow up in enabling him to achieve many of the great things he has achieved.

He must explain why he appears to many to have put his whiteness into a shoebox and pushed in under his bed. Will he ever bring this shoebox out again, possibly when he needs it. Obviously at this point he doesn't think he needs it, so it remains hidden. In the beginning some said he wasn't black enough, well now 90% think he is and that may well be enough to win him the nomination. I think these questions must be answered though, and quickly or like a disease they will continue to kill Obama's chances of becoming president.