w we would not have witht polk but in the same breath and this disbeets what we are saying about ronson with the, with the two sides how did we get that territory? through a mexican-american war that was full of injustice and brutality. yao. >> rose: president obama and race. how has it affected his presidency and his becoming president? >> well, i think both positively and negatively. >> rose: that's what he says too. >> yes. without a doubt. to deny that race still is a large factor in perceptions of obama is to deny reality. there are people who will deny objectively verifiable facts like the fact he was born in hawaii. there is something about him that raises the ire of certain blocks of americans. >> rose: what do you think it is? >> it is not just the fact that he is african-american. it is the name. it is that, you know, he is very much a world citizen. i mean, born in hawaii, lived in indonesia, after he spoke the native language in independent knees i can't, comes back to hawaii, goes to chicago, and invent himself really as an african-american along the way, i mean, that is an