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Originally Posted by Matth
Is America ready for a black president? It could light the touch paper of racial conflict.
Mind you, is America ready for a woman president? Would it be a powerful message, or embarrasing when vising countries where women are treated as second class citizens.
On the name front, Obama just doesn't sound presidential, on a poor line, it could end up sounding like "Osama".
Clinton, on the other hand, has an impeccable presidential pedigree.
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One thing about having the first black, and first woman presidential candidates is that their race and gender is being pushed into the background compared to the genuine excitement they seem to be generating.
It's impressive that it is not making much of a difference. So come the general election I don't think the Democratic nominees differences in gender/color will be as important as people would have presumed a few years ago.
With Obama, the states in which it might be harder to elect a black president are most likely to be the center, more republican states anyway. The republicans are really disliked at the moment and pretty much all the democratic states are safe, most of the swing states will go to the Dems imo. California and Florida are likely to vote for a Black/Woman candidate so that will actually help them there..