Is America Ready?

An article today says that 76% of the country believe America is ready for a black president. The interesting part is of those surveyed, 78% of whites believe the country is ready, while 69% of blacks believe the country is ready. Of the blacks, that optimism is higher among males than females.

Alot of that skeptism can be attributed to life experiences of blacks...which makes sense. Yet I wonder why females are more skeptical than males? Does that mean we are more doubtful and suspicious of the world than our male counterparts? Do we not give the world enough credit? Should we? Hmmm

I think the country is ready.

You can read the article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/03/poll.black.president/index.html#cnnSTCText?iref

Condi as VP?

I think the upcoming presidential election is so interesting. One of my co-workers just informed me that this morning on NPR, they discussed that Condi Rice is being considered as a potential running mate for John McCain. So I looked it up and sure enough, it’s true. Now I don’t completely identify as a Democrat or a Republican… but I do lean more so toward the LEFTIST side. And for some reason, a sense of “delight” swelled up inside of me. That a black woman, like me, is being considered as a desirable VP nominee made me look at the GOP a different way. I don’t deny that I do disagree with a lot of the policies that she is a stanch supporter of, but overall I believe she is a remarkable woman. Is it wrong to feel a sense of pride that she’s being considered? Does that make me a traitor? I wonder how Democrats will feel about it?