It's odd for me, because I feel the same as you, but the racial thing still means something to me.  I guess, having grown up still dealing with the remnants of the Old South, I can't help but look at Obama and think, "We'll you motherfuckers into dust," when thinking of the Reps.  But, at the same time, I recognize that Obama's not some great departure from the past.  It's difficult to properly explain, emotionally.  But it's a very emotional fight for guys like me.  I want to beat these asshole badly. I've got something to prove.  Obama v McCain is obviously a proxy war for many of us in the South, and I really like to win that fight.

Hope that makes sense to at least some extent.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin