The next Democratic nominee for president needs to be a woman.

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57. "Most of the voters"

who voted, voted for Clinton. By a margin of three million, which in any other context would have been called a landslide.

We need to learn lessons from 2016, but let's be sure they're the right lessons.

Just like the naysayers told us in 2008 that America wasn't ready for a Black president, I'm skeptical of the "we're not ready for a woman" thesis.

If not for Comey's last second intervention, Hillary would be president right now, and this despite everything else thrown at her in the last 30 years.

For Democrats to allow out and out misogynists to in essence dictate the gender (or race) of our nominee is appeasement.

All else being equal, and assuming the candidate is qualified, tested, and holds with the Democratic platform, I too would prefer a woman candidate. And contrary to what seems the accepted wisdom in the comments here, I believe a woman might actually have a better chance of winning the next time around.

But let's first focus on 2018. With control of the House committees, Democrats will be in a much better position to steer the narrative than we were in 2016.