[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"No way would a first term rookie white U.S. senator running for POTUS have a modicum of credibility..."

With the DemocRats? LOL. I give you John Edwards and Al Gore 1988, just off the top of my head.

[BluH2o]

I give you John Edwards and Al Gore 1988, just off the top of my head.

1988? Don't recall Edwards or Gore being a factor at all that year, certainly not to the extent that they put away their parties presumptive nominee (Hildabeast)as Obama did ... especially in light of the fact she began campaigning within a week, or two, after Bush started his second term.