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I think you point out that this is a very delicate situation. It's a remarkable historic moment that the two leading candidates for the presidential nomination of one of the major parties are a woman and an African-American. Already through this process we have seen a much broader picture of what is possible for this country and in this country. It would be tragic not just for the Democratic Party, but also for the country, if this process were to conclude having produced greater division along lines of race or gender. I was happy to see John Edwards chime in today to say that it just is not okay for either campaign to suggest even in the most subtle way that one candidate is more electable than the other because of the immutable characteristic of race or gender.