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Obama's success is due to being a talented public speaker in a society that tends to go over prejudices after the historical experience of the melting pot. But is the new man really going to win the presidential elections on November 4?

In the end, when we really need the Cavalry, the appalling, ignorant and arrogant Texan cowboy, George W. Bush, is the only one to defend the helpless, to help the abandoned, to support democracy and freedom when they are in danger.

What if the “new man” Obama wins thanks to others’ collapse? It wouldn’t be nice, since the next President of the United States will have to fill in the gap left by this overall crisis.

Let's remember Simone Weil's words, “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul."

The wounds of segregation have left scars, but the slow march toward equality would be faster if the war on drugs ended and gun control was enacted. A U.S. police officer's work should not seem like a bad western.

Obama's image is not that of a winner. He has gone, played and lost.