History Repeats Itself With Barack

On a purely academic tone, I would say history repeats itself when instead of Hillary, it was Barack who came out as the democratic presidential candidate. A hundred years ago in the 1830s, when American blacks were fighting for their suffrage, the women used to be a primary support to the suffrage movement. Male black Americans were not the only ones who tried to gain their political rights but so as the women, black or not. After the civil war, the American Blacks right away pushed for their suffrage rights. But with the passage of the 15th Amendment in 1870, only the male American Blacks were given the voting rights. Women were lagged behind. The presence of women suffragist since 1860s were apparent although. In 1869 the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, so as the American Woman Suffrage Association, headed by Lucy Stone, to later merge as National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890. It was only half a century later that US women were permanently granted the suffrage rights in 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment.

I believe that what happened to the Democratic Party's primary elections is a case of history repeating itself. While Hillary as accomplished as a US Senator and a wife of a former US President accepted the democratic nomination, the turn out of the primaries in the US somewhat follows what happened in the past. It was predictable.

Now, the next big question is ... Will the US be ready to have a Black President? Will Barack invite Hillary as the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Democrats? Will such move not affect Barack's election to the position?

Let us just wait and see.