The other interesting thing on gun rights is Bush and Cheney have different ideas about this...
Bush is ok with states having some regulation of hand guns and other weapons (he was a governor of Texas after all)
Cheney takes the approach that everyone has a right to guns because of the constitution. Period. No gun regulation.
As for Obama's speech, its one of the best speeches I've heard on racism in the USA, and I think it speaks to Obama's abilities as a leader and his earlier internal conflicts that he was able to address the issue so clearly.
There is something to be said for having a president truly comfortable with White, Black, Asian, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu people because of how the person was raised.
People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
When there are more laws, there are more criminals.
- Lao Tzu
