Mar 24, 2008 -Barely had Obama finished his Philly speech on race when pundits began anointing it as an important watershed event, an oration destined to wind up some day in American history textbooks. While it's problematic to peer too far forward into the future with much accuracy, like countless others, I too was moved by the force of his words and mesmerized by his incantatory speaking style.

Contrary to…