Americans don't have any original ideas, they just reproduce what they've seen in the movies and go from there. With that in mind, we've surveyed the four main cinematic archetypes of the Black President and placed the favorite for a win today into a convenient box. If Obama ends up the last candidate left standing, which president in the following clip is he?Hollywood has offered takes of varying quality on the concept of an African-American commander-in-chief for years. In the above clip from Nick McGlynn, the White House occupant takes on various archetypes: Chris Rock in Head of State: Rock's said a lot of smart things about race over the years, even joking about what he'd do if a black man ever became vice president. In Head of State, he and co-director Bernie Mac present a black candidate set up to lose who captivates a national audience by speaking his own thoughts. Instead of selling out his black supporters, Rock casts all discretion aside and gets the big win. Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact: Freeman's race is of no particular importance in this comet action charmer from 1998. He's the president just because his dulcet tones are calm and reassuring to a frightened white populace as he announces the certain devastation of the Wolf-Biederman comet. When Freeman's in control, you just know things won't get that bad. James Earl Jones in The Man: In this 1972 adaptation of an Irving Wallace novel, the president and all those in line before the President pro tempore of the United States Senate perish. James Earl Jones gets the job. Once in office, various powers try to turn him into a puppet, but he capably navigates challenges from the right and left, despite his ascendance to the presidency being essentially an accident. Tiny Lister in The Fifth Element: The futuristic milieu of Luc Besson's 1997 Bruce Willis actioner posits an assertive black president who dresses in bright colors on a shiny spaceship. Lister's president is just another representation of a wild future that's meant to appear as outlandish as possible. Lister's Black President is basically a flying car: a bright symbol of false power against an unstoppable force. Despite the McCain's campaign's attempt to tarnish Obama as a Paris Hilton-style celebrity, he's avoided the novelty tag throughout the entire campaign. He's more comfortable positioning himself as the ultimate empathetic politician, as in his campaign infomercial, and in these dire economic times, Morgan Freeman's calm demeanor in the face of a comet is probably what we need most.