What is the big hullabaloo about regarding Oprah Winfrey endorsing Barack Obama?

Many in the media are reporting how impressive it is that more than 30,000 people showed up for the event where both she and he appeared.

Where was that same media when Bill Bennett and Rush Limbaugh showed up at an event for a state-wide election a few years ago -- not a national election -- and more than 40,000 people showed up for a gubernatorial candidate's campaign appearance? Where's the equal time?

Obama called the Oprah event the biggest event of his campaign. If that is so, I think his campaign is in serious trouble.

Perhaps more impressive than Oprah's and Obama's campaign appearance is the fact that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was barely visible a few weeks ago in national polls, has now passed Mitt Romney in some polls in Iowa and South Carolina.

The big news there is that Republicans and Democrats nationwide might just vote for Huckabee because he is probably more capable of arguing in favor of compassionate conservatism than the guy who coined the phrase.

Regardless, the national Democratic party seems stuck on the left with all of its leading candidates. The national Republican party can hardly be accused of being stuck on the right with its leading candidates, however.

Will people look at the track records of the candidates and let the records speak for themselves, or will they simply vote one way or the other because they always have?

Perhaps the real hullabaloo should be about Andrew Young's recent remarks. He said of former President Clinton, "He's probably gone with more black women than Barack," and the crowd laughed. Of course, he quickly said, "I'm clowning."

Can you imagine what would have happened if Imus had made that statement about Clinton? Or, what if Rush Limbaugh made it? There most definitely would have been a hullabaloo, but not when an African-American said it.

There most obviously is a double standard in America regarding who can say what to whom and whose apology is acceptable and whose is not.

That's the hullabaloo!