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A Hispanic Roman Catholic, a black Baptist and a Jew walk into a bar sounds like the beginning of a really racist joke, right? (It is; e-mail us for details.) But it's also practically the lede of a story in The Times this morning on the lonely life of the white Protestant in New York City politics. According to Sam Roberts, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller's (second Caucasian from left in photo) mayoral campaign is finding it difficult to gain ground because young Giff worships at the altar of Wonder Bread in a bagel and tortilla town. So Giff's trailing in the polls because of the color of his skin? Guess that aggressively boring thing is just a bonus. AB

Today's Loneliest Political Minority? It's Probably the White Protestant [NY Times]