Of course his minority status had nothing to do with him getting into Harvard Law with mediocre at best grades at Columbia.

Via Beltway Confidential:

President Obama assured working-class Ohioans that he wasn’t born into a wealthy family, in an apparent shot at Republican rival Mitt Romney.

“Somebody gave me an education,” Obama said today. “I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Michelle wasn’t. But somebody gave us a chance.”