The Republican Party, which has gained a reputation of being anti black, anti Hispanic immigrant, anti women is trying to convince Americans that they are really a diverse party, when it comes to the Presidential competition for 2016.
So they will point out the following:
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is Cuban American.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is Cuban American.
Pediatric surgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson is African American.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is Asia American (India)
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is female.
Many potential GOP candidates are Catholic, including Rubio, Cruz, Jeb Bush, and Rick Santorum.
But of course, the fact that Rubio and Cruz are Cuban Americans means they represent about three percent of the Hispanic community, and it is highly unlikely that Mexican Americans (65 percent) and Puerto Rican Americans (about 25 percent) would support them in large numbers, with both groups being heavily Democratic.
And the odds that any of the above will be the Republican nominee for President is extremely low, other than Jeb Bush, who has switched his religious beliefs to Catholicism.
But the Democrats, in a much shorter list of potential candidates, also have diversity.
Hillary Clinton and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are females.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is Jewish.
Vice President Joe Biden, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are Catholics.
If Hillary Clinton were not a prohibitive favorite, it would be likely that New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, both African Americans; and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, a female, would have entered the race.