[Crimson Elephant]

The only way an "african american" can get elected is as a Republican IMO. Of course Colin Powell isn't technically an African American.....

Too bad Blackwell and Steele aren't in more conservative states.


We will probably get a latino Pres. before a "black" Pres. the way things are going.

[presidio9]

Of course Colin Powell isn't technically an African American.....

Also, he is DEFINITELY not a Republican...

[ReignOfError]

We will probably get a latino Pres. before a "black" Pres. the way things are going.

Or at the same time. A lot of Cubans and Dominicans, for example, are of part African ancestry. But the leading Latinos currently on the radar -- Bill Richardson and Mel Martinez are the first to spring to mind -- appear to be of mostly European ancestry.