I agree that the wolves will gradually drag Barak down. That's too bad, as his attending a madrassa as a child is the muslim equivalent of attending a catholic elementary school (it's only a small percentage of madrassas that are Islamist). I think it's more a sad comment on the maturity level of the American voter that they are not yet capable of voting for an ethnic president or an afro-american one. I mean, they've barely gotten used to the idea that they can elect a Catholic president, and they show no signs of being willing to elect a woman (which is bad news for Hillary).