If Obama weren't black would he have been asked about Gates?

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Honestly, I don't know the answer to that. Apparently Obama and Gates are friends and the story was hot at the time. If a white president was a close friend of a principle in such a hot story he might well have been asked about it. But the reporter showed no sign of knowing that Obama and Gates were friends. So it seems to be an example of his having to speak for all blacks on at least some level. Any minority can tell you about this syndrome. If I had a dollar for everytime I have been asked to speak for all gays I would surely be flusher this summer. Obama handled the question well. I think the nation benefitted. But I still wonder, if this had happened in 2008, would Bush have been asked this question? Would Clinton have been in 1998?