Is a European Obama possible?

The question has been roaming around since Barack Obama became the Democratic Party nominee. The expectations are high among minority groups in most European countries. On Friday night after a theatre play in a café located in Saint-Josse, the most mutlicultural Brussels neighborhood, one comedian from Ivory Coast said: "Now that Obama has won I will dare to stick my photograph to my résumé!"
The question is irrelevant in many European countries, especially in the new member states (Poland, Romania, etc.) since these countries have no significant African population and their acceptance o the "other" is at times problematic. But what about Old Europe where millions of citizens of African origin already live and work. In Britain, for instance. To get a sense of these hopes, read the following BBC story
http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7717149.stm