Very funny. That's like saying the Earth would be flat were it not for being round. The primaries exist to narrow the field down to one candidate who will run against the selection from the other half of the corporate duopoly. If the GOP really wanted a Powell or a Cain it would selected a Powell or a Cain as its presidential candidate through its primary process.Why are you pretending that the gop would not have elected Powell or Cain, if they had won the primaries?
No, it is not like saying that.
Your position, seems to be that "racism" is the reason for the lack of black republican Presidents.
Pointing out that polls show that the gop voters would have happily supported various black republicans for the office, refutes that claim.
YOur denial of that makes no sense.