Obama '08?

According to the Times, he's making quite a name for himself internationally now.

Methinks that's very ambitious for a first-term senator, but right in line for someone who may be considering trying for a presidential nomination.

One wonders, then: Is there a chance of this happening? Assuming he does intend to go for it (which is admittedly nowhere near a definite), is he electable? He'd probably get a decent moderate vote, but he's A) inexperienced, and B) black, and America's still a country where a hell of a lot of people would refuse to vote for him solely because of issue B. If issue A weren't there, then I wouldn't think B would be as big an issue. But the guy's new to national-level politics, and I don't know if he'd have the skills and connections he'd need to make his policies and ideas speak louder than his race.