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Originally Posted by peter12
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?
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Yep... you have to respect the American system for that one. The US seems to be getting more open in its candidates, where in Canada, it seems your major candidates are of the White, 45+, Anglo/French Male variety. Its been 15 years since the leader of a governing party was a woman. Like I said in a previous thread, every PM and
elected leader of the governing parties in the history of Canadian politics was a man and either French in lineage, or from the British Isles. Its the same in the US, but there is a very significant chance that will change.