well, it is just a bit scary to me that voters, in this media-saturated culture we live in, feel more "comfortable" with blandness or with familiarity (some ethnic groups may prefer their "own kind" for exmaple).   It reminds me of times when presidential candidates with "ethnic" names had difficulty: like Dukakis, or Tsongas. Voters seem   to prefer short, easy-to-pronounce, WASP names...like those of our founding fathers, who wrote their constitution for preserving their own interests (by the rich white male people, for the rich white male people). Despite lip service paid to the idea of "diversity" we really have not come very far...and I fear we are   moving further   backwards everyday...so sorry if I am sensitive about this! But I thinkhaving some leaders in government who aren't rich white men might be a refreshing change of pace...

At least Arianna would do something about all the damn needless   SUVs.