Diversity and Veracity on the Campaign Trail
An AP article out today compares the diversity among the top staffers of the leading presidential candidates. Not surprisingly, the Republicans don’t fare so well:
The campaigns of the top GOP candidates - Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani - couldn’t point to any key advisers who are black, although some women are in the top tier. Those campaigns with the most women and minorities among top staff members are Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
According to the article, “The Obama campaign counts six minority staffers among its top 14 staff members, and six women within the same group.” It goes on to quote spokesman Bill Burton, who says that a diverse staff “helps to get a fuller sense of opinions and perspectives and ideas from a broad spectrum of individuals.”
And a new FOX News poll bears the headline “More Voters Believe Giuliani, McCain and Obama Say What They Believe,” noting that “46 percent think Obama says what he truly believes,” the largest percentage of any Democrat.
One of the most diverse campaigns AND the most honest? Not bad for a guy no one had heard of six months ago.
