Barack Obama, The First Asian American President?

Yesterday in Washington, at a fundraiser sponsored by a coalition of Asian American political groups, Senator Barack Obama pronounced himself an "honorary AAPI."

Obama, at Fundraiser, Pronounces Himself an 'Honorary AAPI'.

Okay, I don't know if I'd go that far (is there a place to apply for such status?) but I think you can make a case that he has some cred in this area. As Rep. Mike Honda noted when he introduced the Senator at the event, Obama's family includes Asian Americans and he spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. "The son of an immigrant, raised among AAPI's in Hawaii, Barack Obama understands the struggles of immigrants searching for an identity in America," he said.