wOw-zuh, that question surprised me. Implied in the question itself is the question-asker’s apparent belief that Caucasian men are losing favor with the voting public. I don’t know if this stems from the plethora of white-male sex scandals in recent years, the shifting of the U.S. population to more minorities, or the aging of the white-male political power base.

My answer to the question would be "no". Especially with the glass ceiling that still seems to prevent women from reaching the top of the totem pole, in certain areas. I know people figure Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin stuck their respective feet in their respective mouths, but regardless of one’s view on the accuracy of that, I felt an anti-woman current in the past presidential election. Just an opinion.

And I feel that, although women have made tremendous strides in decades, there has been a bit of a backslide in recent years. Women are often still portrayed as sex objects and subordinates in magazines, films and TV.

I would like to think that race and gender would have no impact, when it comes to ‘who’ would make the next best Presidential ‘team’.  Am I dreaming? 

I would ALSO like to think that the choice of nominees was supported by the freedom for anyone who chooses so, to throw one’s hat in the ring….Unfortunately, in the country which touts freedom…it still does does not allow  freedom to run for the Presidency, to just ANYbody….

My guess is that we have ALL met people, who would make an excellent leader, for this country….yet because they are not in ‘the country club’ of either party, or well-connected with the power/monied-web, they would never have opportunity. 

Now, I realize that people will counter my statement with, "well Obama is the President now—-so you are wrong"—- and my reply is this:  Yes, Obama is the President—-but the powered and the monied are really trying very hard to make sure he fails, that he doesn;t win the next election—-the smear and propaganda campaign is the  worst I can recall since Edison tried to destroy Tesla……Those people who feel they are appointed by the ‘higher powers’ to be the leaders, will do as much as they possibly can, to destroy anyone they feel is ‘beneath’ the office—whether or not it is in the best interest of this country…..

That old saying "IF IT’S NOT BROKE, WHY FIX IT", has been answered finally.

They system has been borke for decades, and now the American people realize that you don’t have to be WHITE MAN to accomplish everything.

The fact that President Obama is a man is half the equation, the fact he isn’t white is the other.  Granted he is of mixed parents, but he identifies with the African American population, as do most children of mixed parents.  But his race isn’t even a fact for this reader.

He is a man who has worked for EVERYTHING he has achieved. He had no trustfund, he worked his way through college and made the American Dream a realiity for himself.

As for the woman side of the equation, it is now a VERY STRONG chance that within my life time a woman will either be President or Vice President.

I really pray that this country during my life time will have equilty for real, for all races and gender. And that my Grandbaby(when I get one) could become President for real, not like when they told us when we were children "You can do anything, even become President."  who do they think there were kidding, not me.