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?
I think it was meant that it was a good thing to see both a minority and a woman running in the same election. Because, once again, apparently race and gender are big indicators of a politician's worth.


Then again, I do think Obama tends to be more of a... Hmm... how to phrase this?

I think Obama is more of a serious candidate than Jackson, with a much better chance than Jackson had.