While it could be considered laudable to elect someone out of the mainstream, democrats seem to make the mistake that under representation, alone, is sufficient qualifications. It is NOT. Substance is required for electability. In the case of President Obama, this was a glaring flaw missing from his tenure. To the detriment of our nation.

To generally claim that failing to elect a woman is indicative of bias and non readiness to elect a woman as president, one must ignore the appalling negatives of Hillary Clinton that reduced voter enthusiasm and created wariness and foreboding among voters as to her fitness to be president. The failure to elect a woman, or a black woman, as president, will continue as long as the individual candidates, themselves, put forward by the parties, are either too far from the political mainstream or are not competent or qualified to hold the office.

Rather than claiming that America isn’t progressive enough to elect a black woman, it could be said, given that such a candidate will inevitably emerge from the far left of the political spectrum, she will never garner widespread support. Whereas, if said woman were a Republican, her appeal and electability would be significantly enhanced.