What explains all the over-the-top media coverage and adulation for Barack Obama? The presumptuous treatment by the press of Obama as president-elect or a head of state, stems from a belief that an election isn’t necessary, because, in the eyes of many in the mainstream media, as the first African-American candidate for the presidency, Barack Obama is entitled to the office. In a very real sense, Barack Obama is an affirmative-action candidate for the presidency. Should he be defeated by the American voters, it will not be a mere loss due to his numerous shortcomings and foibles, but rather, an...