Imagine you are sitting in a focus group of swing-voters designed to assess their opinions of the various Republican candidates running for president in 2016. The moderator reads dryly from a sheet of paper: "Raised by a single mother, this African American husband, father, and grandfather is an entrepreneur and respected brain surgeon - not a politician." He then pauses and asks, "Would you be more or less likely to support someone like this for president?" You would be hard-pressed to find someone in the group who does not find such a background compelling, perhaps even refreshing when compared to the dozens of candidates for president over the past few elections. The moderator presses...
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