Looking For The "Great White Hope"

That's what Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R.-Kansas) told a crowd at a town hall meeting the Republicans are seeking. Her words: "Republicans are struggling to find the great white hope." Of course, the "sort of apology" apology followed: "I apologize if anyone misunderstood my intent." In the early 20th century the phrase "great white hope" was used by those hoping and searching for someone to defeat and take the heavyweight title from the boxer Jack Johnson, who happened to be black.