Newsweek year-end issue cover story is "The Race is On" where its asking if America ready for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton as President. Or to put it another way, could America support a women or a black man as President.
The story offers historical perspective and previous historic groundwork for such a Presidential run but of course offers no real conclusions. Its a good question to ask but considering the focus of the article is on Obama and Clinton, isn't a poll that Newsweek conducted in regards to them asking who Americans would most like to see as President relevant to the discussion? Especially in light of the results indicating that at least 50% say yes for Hillary, 32% for Obama and 43% for McCain.
The poll in effect says yes America might be ready, yet its goes unpublished. Newsweek may view it as unrelated the cover story but how can it not be. I think some of the blogs see some bias, I think its just business. You have a cover story asking if America can handle a women or black President and then publish a poll that says "yep they can" it kind of makes the whole article and its cover (which helps sell the magazine) kind of moot point. In effect, reading the article becomes a waste of time. The Clinton camp has asked for an explanation, I doubt they will get one.
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