Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Not that anyone remembers, being that the national memory tends to be something on the order of 30 seconds, but it's not exactly new to have a female or a minority candidate in the primaries. Is everyone's memory so bad as to forget Elizabeth Dole, Geraldine Ferraro, and Jesse Jackson?

None of these candidates were credible candidates when they announced.
the ones announcing runs in 2007 are. People are starting to take the idea
of minority or women candidates seriously. They are finally able to raise the
vast amounts of money needed today.