he made his comments regarding "his friend Gates" and call the Cambtidge Police "stupid"?

In my opinion there is no way a local incident needs to be glorifies and raised to a national level by a sitting POTUS.

On national television to boot. Once again showing his true colors (no pun intended) regarding his inability to rise above what would normally be a trivial incident....ONCE ALL THE FACT ARE KNOWN. Enough has already been quoted by neighbors (also black if it adds validity of any sort) that it was Gates' mouth that got him into the predicament. That of course was not taken into account in the media.

Obama said and I am paraphrasing....while racial progress has been made blacks/latinos are still singled out and unfairly arrested....."this still haunts us..."

Without knowing the facts of the case he plays the race card. He certainly knows that blacks and lations make up the majority (in excess of 80%) of the criminal element. That shall we say SHOULD influence approach...eh. Add to that the alleged mouthiness and refusal by Gates to show ID....what would an intelligent conclusion be....no answer it is rhetorical!

So another question; is the POTUS still campaigning (for the black vote)?

He stepped out of bounds telegraphing an inability to prioritize at the level of POTUS. Such a tactical error did not do much to help his rating slide by doing so. Where were all his lofty advisers on that blooper? Also rhetorical.

Some things apparently cannot be untrained.

btk