Reply #34: I think that putting up a quality candidate should be the

[joeygirl]

priority. I think that America is hungry for a candidate that they can vote for, not against.

I think that if we get a quality candidate that happens to be black or a woman, that just makes a better package. But I don't think that it should be the central focus. I think that we need to be open to the person who is able to communicate our vision for the 21st century the best.

On the other side, Elizabeth Dole decided to run in 2000, but she didn't get very far because she had nothing, except I'm a female conservative. That's great if you want to get married to a male conservative, but there wasn't much below the surface and being a female doesn't automatically qualify you for being president. You have to give people a reason to get beyond the novelty of "this is the woman candidate" "this is the black candidate".