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Aren’t you a bit tired of the two-party rants. Whay must we have eight years of Democratic demagogery and then eight years of Republican imperialism followed by eight years of the Clinton dynasty, which is followed by eight years of a Bush dynasty! How about a new alliance? A political trifecta?

In horse racing terminology, a trifecta is a parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order. The word comes from the related betting term, “perfecta”. So, here’s my proposal since black women are having a hard time deciding who to vote for: Obama or Mama?

We can’t change anything in 2008, but in 2012, let’s talk Condi Rice into running on a third party ticket. That way, we’d have a third-party black woman and all the angst would we taken away. Let’s just look at 2008 as a precursor to this 2012 trifecta! Obama has some good symbols for unity, but he’s a Democrat!

A new poll just out from CNN/Opinion Research tied to Martin Luther King Day today finds blacks and whites optimistic and pretty much in agreement — 84% whites, 78% blacks — that a lot or moderate progress has been made toward the civil rights leader’s dream of equality in American society.

But hidden near the bottom of the survey of nearly 1,400 adult Americans Jan. 14-17 is some disturbing news for Sen. Hillary Clinton heading into tonight’s Democratic debate in South Carolina and the party’s primary there Saturday. The survey’s numbers show that Americans are more ready for a black president than a female president.

In Saturday’s Nevada caucuses, Clinton beat Barack Obama in the total vote, but Obama captured something more than 80% of the black vote from the wife of the president sometimes called “the first black president.” That already augured ill for her fortunes heading into South Carolina where half the Democratic vote is African American.

And for those that are fed up with Democrat vs. Republican, Bloomberg will jump in the ring in March and show us just how powerful a third party can be when it’s head doesn’t have a squeaky high-pitched voice with the last name of Perot!

But the CNN poll shows that 72% of whites and 61% of blacks believe the country is ready for a black president. That’s up from 65% and 54%, respectively, two years ago. When asked if the country is ready for a female president, blacks and whites both are in agreement; they’re less sure — only 63% of both whites and blacks answer yes. That’s up slightly (from 58%) for whites but down among blacks from 67% since December, 2006.

The answer? Condi Rice in 2012! After all isn’t the year 2012 about a new CONSCIOUSNESS? So, December 21, 2012 would be right in line with such a trifecta!

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