That is because until now I have not been paying attention to the young man who lives across the street from me.

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Now, those of us who have been paying any attention at all for the past few years know that savvy men no longer aspire to be the Marlboro Man, but rather someone like Barack Obama or Brad Pitt.

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"I actually started paying attention because Obama was a black man running, but once I started listening, he started making sense to me, and I decided to get out there and vote, " said Michael Fogle, an African-American grocery store stocker and father of five from Lexington, Kentucky.

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