Do you think the U.S. is ready for an African American President?
458211
I think we are ready for a change! hmmm An African American Female for President!!! A female from the poor side of town!\nI think we should fire everyone in the government and start fresh with voting machines that have a paper trail!Do not allow campaigned contributions,Each person running for office foots their own bill! Give this nation back to the people that support it with their tax dollars! And stay out of other countries business!
377999
There is a US base, and the number of African Americans would be 4000.\n\nThere are black people as well, from North Africa and a few from Nigeria, but they are not African Americans, just blacks.
52894
No.\n\nAs of 2002, America was approximately 13% black.
164957
There have been both black people and women who have run for President. Both Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have performed reasonably well in their bids. Elizabeth Dole ran for the Republican nomination against George W. Bush but didn't make much of an impression.\n\nHilary Clinton is the frontrunner for the nomination of her party and there is talk of a bid by Condaleeza Rice for the Republican nomination. In the past, there have not been many blacks or women with the experience to run for President. This position will change over time.
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.
1122215
For now the white female has the inside track.\n\nThe most obvious black male, Colin Powell, has decided that he will not run for President.  Presidents usually come from four sources. Governors, Vice-Presidents, Senators, and Generals with the best predictor being a governorship.\n\nThere are no African-American governors at this hour although Ken Blackwell in Ohio and Lynn Swann in Pennsylvania are looking to correct this in 06.  There is one black senator, Barak Obama.  He is a first termer though.  That is generally too little to run.  He needs time and experience.\n\nThere are several white female governors and senators including the junior senator from New York, Hillary.  Kathleen Sebelius from Kansas is a governor who has Presidential potential.  There are others with successful governor tenures, Rell of Connecticut etc.  Being a successful governor seems to be the easiest way to become president ie.:  Bush 43, Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Roosevelt.\n\nThe odds favor a white female in the short term.
52267
Should be..but even if we had adopted a new government...if people in the position will stay the way they used to, probably we'll remain the same...We are yearning for better. What president and all the government officials are promising to us, never happened in reality. I don't want to expect too much from this country. Everything should be in a new form by now but seeing it with my own eyes, as much as possible I want to be realistic--and this is the reality.
944299
It is great despite some blacks calling him an Oreo and Democrats denigrating him on a racist basis. But many blacks are beginning to support him, understanding that we need strong leadership when we are in a world war with Islamic radicals who want to kill every non-Muslim American or rule over us.\n\nHow many blacks in 8 years of the Clinton administration top positions? One, Ron Brown. Democrats preach diversity but all they want is minority group dependency - not actually share in true leadership.
617113
great question.\n\nsadly, though i am black, i do not know what i would do. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A BLACK PRESIDENT, but i know better. this country is NOT READY FOR THAT. people would not know how to handle it, and all hell would break loose. if people were more progressive, then i definitely would. \n\nit also depends on the circumstances surrounding the nomination. if i think that whatever party had a black person run for publicity or some sort of twisted political gain, then i would have a lot to think about.\n\ni do not claim a party affiliation.
1029143
Honestly, I think it will probably a white woman. But, i dont think that we are ready for that yet either. We still have too many undercover sexists and bigots.
898398
I would actually love to see both a Black man and a woman run for office at the same time, since this has never happened in the history of the us presidential elections, I think we all need to be open minded and think that both a woman or a black man are perfectly capable of runiing this country.  I also think this could happen as early as the 2008 elections with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the ticket.
95340
If there were a black person who was qualified for the job.  Right now there doesn't seem to be. (If you aren't qualified you need connections like Bush) \n\n Many Americans would've voted for Colin Powell had he run way back then.\n\n I think if there were to be a black president though he would have to be a republican.  I don't see a black democrat making it.  \n\n On top of that, the odds of them getting killed while in office will be higher then for other presidents.  \n\nThere will probably be a Hispanic president before there is a black president, and a minority president before there is a woman.  \n\nI don't think it really matters who is in office at this point, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, male, female I don't see any real change coming anytime soon.  \n\nI'd personally like to see a Native American president.  \nIf we are going to elect anyone based on race, that to me would seem the most correct.
1109321
I think he could but I'm not sure when this country will have progressed to a point where the electorate doesn't consider his race ahead of his qualifications. Barack Obama is very definitely an articulate and effective orator (his keynote speech at the 2004 DNC was sublime) but he is only in his first term in the US Senate. Thus, it's clear he needs some political seasoning and to otherwise pad his resume a bit. I also suspect he's not as well-known nationally as he would need to be to become a viable candidate for the presidency. Not yet, anyway.\n\nWhat I would suggest is that he be considered for the vice presidential nomination (and no, not with Hillary as she is far too divisive and controversial). Even if his ticket were unsuccessful, the national exposure and campaign experience would serve him in good stead for a serious run of his own the next time around. He needs more name recognition and airtime to be taken seriously enough to overcome the repugnant racist voters and solidify a base that would transcend the black vote and encompass Americans of all races and backgrounds. And I ultimately expect him to do just that.
276966
I concur with the sentiments of the other people who have answered.  As long and the woman is qualified and not Hillary Clinton, then the U.S. is ready for a woman president.  I wouldn't mind seeing Condoleeza Rice and president.
670262
I can't think of ONE woman qualified to hold the office of President.  Come to think of it...there aren't to many men either....\nThis race will be an interesting one!
837783
I will presume you mean 'openly gay' President since many historians think we've already had a couple of closeted homosexual men serve as President. The answer is; probably some day. Not soon, but when the citizens of this socially backwards nation evolve enough, yes.
798674
Yes!\n\nAnd honestly, I think it will happen in the fairly near future.  And I am sure that if they choose a candidate with a few brain cells, rather than some joke like Jesse Jackson, it would be a positive step for America as we are all from different nationalities in the melting pot of America.  \n\nBy the way, it was but a century and a half ago that the Norwegians and the Swedes wouldn't go to the same church, but rather, they built seperate churches, sometimes less than a mile apart.\n\nHonestly, the racism in America comes more and more from the minorities and less and less from the Europeans.  Hate breeds hate.  The cycle has got to stop.