Quote:
Originally posted by SummerChild
I'm very proud of Barack Obama. Professor Obama was my Constitutional Law teacher at law school and taught us equal protection which covers areas such as Brown vs. Board, voting rights, etc. and he is as phenomenal a teacher as he was an Illinois Senator. He's also a genuinely nice man and I think that he will do well in DC.
Ba-Rock the vote! (For all those Illinoisans who helped with his run for the Democratic primary).
I'm kind of baffled that *when*he wins, he will be the only Black US Senator.
Do you all think that it's b/c we don't have anyone running or are we just not getting out the vote? Are there Black contenders in your state?
SC
|
Here in California, we don't have a black candidate, but I don't believe that an AfAm could win a senatorial or gubernatorial election any longer. First of all, we're only 7% of the population. Secondly, the state's gone Democratic in recent years, but remember this is also the state that passed Prop. 209 in 1996. At one time, the electorate was more left-leaning, and blacks could be elected to statewide office.
Threaded Mode