by admin | Jan 30, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Obama |
Unfortunate. Because even though he was behind in the polls, he brought a level of democracy to the democratic primaries that will not be there afterwards. And stories like this continue to give me pause about Obama.
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, Obama, Racial Politics |
In a previous post i linked to steinem’s (idiotic) piece on gender and race. Here she engages in a discussion with Melissa Harris-Lacewell about the issues on Democracy Now. Although you can read the transcript, knowing Dr. Harris-Lacewell I’d strongly...
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, NPR, Racial Politics, The Mass Media
Note to Andrew Cuomo: This is shuck and jive: [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UfiNT6AKG0s&feature=related[/youtube]This is bob and weave:[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xdKlL01b9V4&feature=related[/youtube]
by admin | Jan 15, 2008 | Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy, Gender and Politics, NPR, Racial Politics, The Mass Media |
The recent flap over the apparent use of the southern strategy by the Clinton campaign led me to write a longer piece about the subject that appeared in Salon yesterday.Also, in the barbershop we talked about Gloria Steinem’s recent piece on the race/gender...
by admin | Jan 11, 2008 | Black Leadership, Black Power, Campaigns and Elections, Democracy |
I’m snatching the following quote from Adolph Reed’s important work Stirrings in the Jug: Encouraging popular participation is the only effective possibility for reinvigorating a progressive movement in black political life because people respond by...
by admin | Jan 9, 2008 | Campaigns and Elections, Democracy |
If for no other reason than the candidates move to the right unless he’s in, as competitive as it is. The longer he stays the more concessions his forces can get if he leaves. Along similar lines the more competitive the race is, the better it is for the left....
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