do you think  a black male would ever be president?
139822
I like Obama, but he is still new on the national level, and a lot of pressure is being placed on him.\n\nStill, I would like to think this would happen within 20 years...but I am prepared to be disappointed...
283647
i believe that it is possible to see a woman president at some point in my lifetime. many people are saying they think a woman will be elected in the next running... i don't think so. it is difficult to run a nation, i'm sure, but if a woman were president, i believe that people would pick her apart much worse than any male has ever been picked apart.\n\ni am sure that there will not be a president of non-white racial status for a long time to come. certainly not in my lifetime and it's possible that even my childen's children's children won't see it either. even if all the minorities put together, someday overrule the white population and elect a non-white president, there will be at least one white citizen that will follow through on assasination. it's horrible to say, i know... but i think it's very true! it will be a long time til there is a non-white VP also.
470915
Same reson why he got elected. He is Black. That is enough of a qualification for him to say whatever he wants and to be as incompetant as he is and you can't say anything about it. Because if you mention it, then you are a racist.
483078
yes he would. He'd win the World Wide Best Chimp Impersonation Elections.\n\nHe'd win the Idiot of the Year election.... etc
401538
America is ready for a President of any color or gender.  The question is, will American's vote for such a person?  If the right candidate presents him or her self, I think they can get elected.  Right now, though, nobody appears to be this person.  Jesse Jackson?  Yeah, right.  Way too radical, even for some African Americans.  Condoleeza Rice?  No way - she has too much of Bush's dirt on her hands.  Colin Powell?  A possibility, but he has the Bush problem as well, and besides, he has said he doesn't want to run for political office.  Maybe in 2012 a guy like Barak Obama from Illinois can run and win.  I think its more likely that we will see a female President first, like Hillary Clinton.  She is probably going to be the Democratic nominee in 2008, and the Republicans will be hard pressed to find a competitive candidate after all that Bush has done as President.  The country is tired of Republican policy, and are looking for a change.
1160200
I wish people would vote based simply on the way a candidate thinks, but unfortunately that doesn't happen. I would vote for someone based on what they have done in the past and what I think they can do for the future; regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. But most people don't think like that. They are scared of things they think they don't understand. But what they don't understand, really, is that people are all the same under the skin color. It's not the color of a persons skin that makes them who they are, it's their actions.\n\nI think it's possible, hopefully in the near future.\n\nWhat do you mean, though, by making it a black house? Do you mean that the new president will bring his friends with him? Isn't that what they all do?
233684
i think the united states is ready for a good president...whether female, male, black, white, or whatever...can we just get a good president..I would vote for a woman if she seemed like she was going to take the country in the right direction!! GO CONDI!!!
920292
Yes i would, he's a powerful, intelligent speaker. To have an audience with him would be an honor in my eyes. Saw him when i was 14 in my home town St. Louis while he was president. Actually got to speak to him and shake his hand.
738635
Barack Obama's views are very strong and show a lot of compassion, persistance, and patriotism. However, it is never as simple as saying yes while hearing a speech. As sad as it is to say, America is as ready to have an African American president as it is ready for a female president. I doubt it will happen in the near future. Let it be known, that isn't because of the actual issues and views. It's because the majority of this society has a vision of what a president should be [much like the presidents that have come before our time] and expect the same out of the position. The majority of our society isn't ready to accept the fact that there are intelligent people who care about this country who AREN'T 45+year old white Christian males. African Americans and females alike contain people who are just as intelligent and worldly. Both groups should have a chance to have a representative in the White House. However, as we both know, most of this society disagrees.
601828
As sad as it is, yes.  There's a lot of hate in this world but, it doesn't just come from one race.  Just to get the perspective from the other side:  I've heard people talk about running certain black men or women for vice president.  I believe that if that happened the President would also be assassinated in an attempt to put a black person INTO the presidency.  There will always be racism in this world but, you have to remember that it comes from all races.
198356
Of course he should.  He could sing, move, act (well maybe not).  He was a great entertainer and had a great voice.  The man brought a lot of music into the lives of a lot of people.  While a lot of complaints are made that he watered down Black music, I think what he did was open the door to it being more widely adopted.
906608
I won't claim to know enough about Obama to say whether he's even ready to be president,it doesn't really seem that he has the experience necessary though does it? He's pretty new at the game though. And I can't go the way of some who may answer that he won't get elected because he's black,especially when the argument is that it has something to do with conservatives trying to stop him,if liberals are so up for more minorities in office then why were the first and second black secrataries of state appointed by Bush,and why was the first Hispanic Attorney Generalappointed by Bush? And where were all the libs supporting Michael Steele when he was running for the senate. So that argument holds no water,in fact the party that was the first to try mightily to get a Black man to run for the presidency was the Republican party,unfortunately Colin Powell didn't want the job,but perhaps they can get Condelezza to run for president. Unfortunately the left couldn't even come up with the idea until they found a candidate that was "black enough" in other words liberal enough,because in the Democratic party you're not considered black unless you're also liberal.
519967
That's a trick question, isn't it?  There has never been a black man named Brian, I'll bet.
835383
Yes.  He could become President.
1086735
Who's all down for a black president
1169205
Condie Rice! She would kick a$$! I think she would be a great no-nonsense President. First Black President, First Female President, she'd be awesome! I don't think any democrat candidate could touch her without looking like a racist or sexist.
133357
I actually think that the possibility exists for a black woman to be the next president of the US.  Condy Rice I feel would make an EXCELLENT president and not just of the NFL which is HER dream job.