2006-11-17 21:03:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Ok a very serious answer = when he or she can win without having any southern states.
2006-11-17 21:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It's going to be a while. I was thinking that Condolisa Rice might be in line for it, but she has really messed up our foreign policy for years to come and is locked in with Bush and his lousy approval rating. It might have been Colin Powell, but who knows where he stands. And his disloyalty to Bush is going to hurt him with the GOP faithful. My understanding is that Obama from Illinois is thinking about a run, but he has little experience and little to point to as accomplishments. And I think that any African-American to be president is going to have to come from the right. No one, in the foreseeable future, is going to be even the least bit electable if that person is black and left-leaning. Conservatives and most moderates would be horrified.
And then there is the issue of racism. While white Americans don't outwardly say racist things or even think that they are racist at all, they put all people in various boxes and most of white America is just not going to be led by an African American. Not now. And I think the same goes for Hispanic and Asian Americans also. They won't follow a black leader either.
And right now there really aren't that many black leaders out there yet. There are lots of white leaders of high statute. So the odds don't look good. Not yet.
When? The culture is going to have to change, both in the black and white neighborhoods. Asians and Hispanics, too. Everyone is going to have to come closer together and become more like each other. Our differences will have to disappear a lot. What drives black Americans will have to be the same things that drive white Americans. The perception is that we are a long way off from that happening. Or demographics will have to change, but demographics, while not favoring whites so much, aren't necessarily favoring blacks either.
If I had to guess, I'd say an optimistic estimate is 25 years and more likely 100, but it's not a question of dates. It's a question of a cultural shift that has to occur and maybe that will never happen.
2006-11-18 05:23:02 · answer #2 · answered by Erik B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the problem is 2 fold
1 Racism
2. The basic political center of America is center to slightly right. Most of the more prominent black candidates in the past have not appealed to the political center. you had guys like Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton who certainly were more aligned with the Liberal wing of the Democratic party Conservatives rejected them en mass and the moderates were not to sympathetic either. Then You had Guys Like Alan Keyes who the Liberals rejected outright and received little black support.
Think many black candidates for local and state offices learn to cater there politics to black and urban poor constituencies. when they try to transition this to policy to a national campaign and it does not play well on the more center right politics of the nation as a whole..In more recent times we have seen people like J. C Watts and Colin Powell on the Republican side and Harold Ford and Barak Obama on the Democratic side that have a much more broad base of appeal.. I personally am a republican and my choices certainly would never be made on race but on issues. zi liked Alan Keyes very very much but do think he is too far right to be electable. certainly in the future if given a choice between a man like John Kerry and a man like JC Watts I would heartily usher in the 1st black president. Conversely if My party ever nominated an abomination like that Dukes racist in Louisiana and a guy like Harold Ford was running I could give him my vote.. That said I would find it hard to support a candidate Like Jesse Jackson in most circumstances and I think this further illustrates the point I made earlier.. So to answer your question Yes there will be a black president someday but he will have broad appeal to both parties
2006-11-18 08:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by sooj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obama in 2008?? Not Impossible..as for those who point out
the southern states for reason why it cant happen I say if
you motivate Black America the red necks will realize its time for
the confederate flag to be buried!!
2006-11-18 05:48:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is some speculation Barack Obama, the senator from Illinois, will run in the next election. If he does he might have a legitimate chance.
2006-11-18 05:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by LeytonKeeley 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Don't think it will happen in my lifetime. There is much to much racism. It's sad but true. When people realize that it's not the color of someone skin is not what makes them good or bad but what's inside.
2006-11-18 06:05:07 · answer #6 · answered by wondermom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that there is a better chance of a black Vice-president first.
2006-11-18 05:18:22 · answer #7 · answered by old_man_blanco 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Ouch! That hurt.Wow,black people must be really important to you if you love asking so many questions about us.
2006-11-20 02:05:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just so funny.So do you really think you are that smart?What are you Mr.Perfect now?Your such a piece of ****?DO YOU KNOW THAT?
2006-11-21 04:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by O♥/ MalOdey /Oღ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's no telling when that will happen. isnt racism sickening? you would think people would have evolved by now... it makes me want to find a deserted island somewhere and call it a life. who needs america?
2006-11-18 05:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by sweetam 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when will a women become usa's president?
2006-11-18 05:08:16 · answer #11 · answered by mylostpets 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋