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Originally Posted by Ares
I think you're absolutely right. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a utopian dream world where people dont have innate bigoted feelings. Fact is, a lot of people do. This is like the thread where people proposed Colin Powell on the ticket with Obama. That'd be suicide.
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I disagree. The people who wouldn't vote for an Obama-Richardson ticket based on race wouldn't be voting for Obama no matter what. I fail to see how adding a minority running mate to a minority candidate's ticket would change the "racial equation" significantly. If whites were so dead set against voting for a minority, Obama would be getting crushed in the polls right now and probably wouldn't have beat Clinton for the nomination in the first place.