Monthly Archive: May 2008

Barack Obama TIME Magazine Cover – And the Winner is….

Barack Obama TIME Magazine Cover – And the Winner is….

  Time Magazine has some really good post North Carolina/Indiana coverage of the Democratic Presidential race.   I’ll link to the articles below. Obama: The Game Changer Barack Obama has refused to play by the old political rules. He’s about to be rewarded for it. Obama: How He Learned to Win...

Democratic State Convention Elected Positions

Democratic State Convention Elected Positions

State Convention Elected Positions What can I run for? At 3:00 pm on Friday, each Senate District Caucus meets at their posted location in the Convention Center.  All delegates are in attendance here, both Clinton and Obama. At the Convention each Senate District Caucus elects one member to each standing...

Just because she’s married to Bill…

Just because she’s married to Bill…

By Earnest Gates  I am sure most of you have heard by now that Senator Hillary Clinton is saying that she is the candidate that has the best chance to win the White House because of her support by hard working, white Americans. I was just absolutely shocked to hear...

ATTENTION! Obama Texas State Convention Delegates and Alternates

ATTENTION! Obama Texas State Convention Delegates and Alternates

Thanks to Eddie Griffin for passing along the following info.  Anyone needing the Power Points mentioned in this memo shoot me an email and I’ll get them to you. Dear Obama Delegates and Alternates, First of all, congratulations to everyone on the exciting outcome of the Indiana and North Carolina...

Mr. and Ms. Hillary Clinton Supporter, you can stop this now

Mr. and Ms. Hillary Clinton Supporter, you can stop this now

To Hillary Clinton Supporters, First I would like to say that it has been an exciting race for the Democratic Nomination that has seemingly lasted forever. I know it has not ended up as many of you had hoped, buy you and your candidate have a lot to be proud...

Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks Howard Dean if he’s ready to lead

Melissa Harris-Lacewell asks Howard Dean if he’s ready to lead

I came across a nice article at TheRoot.com written by Melissa Harris-Lacewell.  She challenges Dean to do something to save his party Hillary’s efforts to blow it up. MelissaHarris -Lacewell is associate professor of politics and African American studies at Princeton University. Dear Gov. Dean, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton...

Thomas McDermott claims look of “inproriety” and “something corrupt” in Indiana, claims should be examined

Thomas McDermott claims look of “inproriety” and “something corrupt” in Indiana, claims should be examined

Why did the Thomas McDermott – mayor of Hammond, Indiana- accuse Gary, Indiana mayor Rudy Clay of “something corrupt” regarding the late returns in their county?” When the 1st results came in early this morning from Lake County, we learned they were from the Gary area. The last batch of...

Top 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina results and coverage

Top 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina results and coverage

5. Overplaying General Election Polling The Clinton campaign, and her surrogates, are now saying Hillary should be the nominee because national polls suggests that she would beat John McCain 6 months from now. Let’s look at what polls have said in the past. In February 2007, Hillary Clinton (according to...

Will Barack “man up” in November?

Will Barack “man up” in November?

By Earnest Gates  No matter what happens over the next few months, I don’t believe the superdelegates will have the “audacity” to overturn the will of the voters and give the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton. Therefore, it is time that we begin to look at the real fight in...

Black Liberation Theology – What is it?

Black Liberation Theology – What is it?

By Wilton Hollins  The phrase Black Liberation Theology is being tossed around in the media very recklessly by the likes of the Glenn Becks, Bill O’Reillys, and Shawn Hannitys of the airwaves.  Very little time is spent on adequately defining just what it is and how it applies to the...