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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I want to be wrong on that... I just hold limited faith in the common voter to vote on policy over appearance. South Carolina has a large Black population too, and it could have been a question of getting out the vote, coupled with people hating Clinton for several reasons, some legitimate, some questionable. Don't forget, these primary voters are the card carrying democrats. Once you get out in the main election, you have to convince the independents and social right wingers and old codgers to vote for you in order to win a majority. These are the ones that hold onto their antiquated views. Having one of them with a "good ol' boy" like John Edwards is a lot safer in winning those voters than going with both. I know, bleak theory on the common voter.
You're right about the ego angle too though.
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Ultimately, it just remains to see what American voters will do. I do think a substantial number would support a pair like this, from a strictly technical perspective their combined talents are very impressive. But politics isn't technical, alot of it is image. For strictly personal reasons, we will never see an Obama/Clinton ticket, so I guess we'll never really know if Americans could take a woman/black double ticket.
It's funny how the Americans get slammed for all sorts of stuff but never get credit where credit is due. In America, there is a self-made women and black man running for President. Here in Canada, we've still got 4 guys with white hair. Ain't it great?