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[tayefeth]

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois had recently asked [another black congresscritter] "if it comes down to the last day and you're the only superdelegate? ... Do you want to go down in history as the one to prevent a black from winning the White House?"
Because this is clearly the only chance a black has at the White House. Why, if Clinton wins the

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[allerion]

Yes, because clearly having a female presidential candidate is such a poor precedent to set. It would just be so wrong to have a female president instead of a black one.

[celandineb]

And it would be better to go down in history as the one who prevented a woman from winning? Ridiculous to think in such terms, really.

I *think* numbers-wise it's now impossible for Huckabee to win the nom, but I don't want to even see him in the number-two spot there.

[tayefeth]

Huckabee's claimed that he "majored in miracles," and McCain is an old man. And I'm paranoid enough to think that Huckabeemight have followers willing to help miracles along...

[celandineb]

Preeee-cisely.

Huckabee reminds me a little bit too much of Heinlein's Nehemiah Scudder...