http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_ ... veepstakes

"Obviously, the most important question is: Is this person ready to be president?" Obama said in an interview aired Friday on The Early Show on CBS. Second, he said, was: "Can this person help me govern? Are they going to be an effective partner in creating the kind of economic opportunity here at home and guiding us through some dangerous waters internationally?"

And, he added: "I want somebody who is going to be able to challenge my thinking and not simply be a 'yes person' when it comes to policymaking.

In other words, he is seen as not capable to do the job himself.

Which is true. Obama is so wet behind the ears that he'd have been laughed out of the primary - except that he's black.

I'd imagine that his whole life, at least from Harvard admission and onward, is based on affirmative action and reverse racism. Michelle's, too.