LOL!!! Oh, fabulous wording, Amos! You have outdone yourself. I shall have to reel back in temporary confusion, and attempt to marshall my verbal resources before entering the fray once more...

mg - I think it would be very cool to have either a female or a Black president...but I can't think how I would go about comparing which of the two is more important...and I don't think I'd even want to.

It interferes too much with the more objective process of simply picking the best candidate one can, regardless of such considerations. It shouldn't matter, either pro or con. One day it won't matter.