Arise: Obama in Accra

Regardless of your opinion on Obama's handling these past six months of the economy, healthcare policy, the two active military conflicts, and the slate of other issues he'll have to tackle in his first term, you had to be moved by images of the president in Ghana this weekend.

The son of a Kenyan, he was given a son's welcome in another country miles from his ancestral home. Obama even addressed Parliament while in Accra, remarking, "I have the blood of Africa within me." Outside, crowds cheered and chanted his name.

The scholars are always saying Obama represents an era that is post-race, but it seems dubious that another American president from say, Hope, or Little Rock, would have earned this kind of reception.