Obama says it's time to move beyond 'One Black' Syndrome
U. S. Senate Candidate Barack Obama, singled out for his exceptional speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, says Blacks have moved past the need for a single national leader. "We're beyond the point where we just have one messiah," Obama says in an NNPA interview during the Congressional Black Caucus' Annual Legislative Conference. "What we need is collective leadership helping to move the ball forward. I think everybody's got a contribution to make." The 42-year-old Illinois state senator, former civil rights lawyer and Harvard law school graduate, became a household word after his rousing primetime speech. Some pundits immediately hailed Obama as the "Tiger Woods" of politics and predicted that he will eclipse Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in popularity. [more 
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