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In reply to the discussion: How about Martin O'Malley for POTUS 2020? [View all]Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)If you were talking about a Republican nominee, then of course I would be concerned about whether a white man should be at the top of the ticket or not. For the first time ever, more students and people of color have tied in Republicans with Nazi philosophy than not, so we are going to get a lot of people on the fence to vote for us IF we have a non-white candidate.
Yes, I wish we can say that race doesn't matter, but we won't be there until progressives have been in power for at least three generations to a full century. Until then, optics matter on our side, and we should take full advantage of it. Kamala Harris is now the new Barack Obama in coalescing our progressive interests and in knocking out the Republican party for good to allow the transformation to continue.