Your Email:

Subject:

Message:
Entry: "Transcending Race" is a Good Way to Get the Black Vote Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/transcending_race_can_get_you_the_black_vote#15930 Post contents: @ johnt: I would disagree that he is a conventional liberal. He is talking about tax cuts and seems definitely more skeptical of big government programs to address poverty than Hillary Clinton. I would also point out that one of the advantages of an Obama presidency from your perspective would be the shoe would be on the other foot as far as race relations goes. Obama will be challenged continually to appeal to white voters of lower, middle, and upper class who distrust him on the issue of race and make up the overwhelming majority of voters. There also will be pressure on a President Obama take advantage of his unique status to begin to bring closure on some the most racially divisive issues between Whites and so-called minority groups like affirmative action. Sent at: 2008 07 24