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What qualities do female or black politicians need to possess in order to be taken seriously by the establishment press?
Whatever it is, neither Michele Bachmann nor Herb Cain seem to have it.
Nancy Pelosi seems to have it. So does Al Sharpton.
It can’t be executive experience, because the current president had none and the press loved him to death.
So what is it?
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