Comments on: Rise and Shine

By: OleHippieChick

OleHippieChick — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:17:08 +0000

Thank you, cookemom! I appreciate your words as much as I appreciate the fantastic pix of our First Family.

By: nathkatun7

nathkatun7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:36:28 +0000

You are right Theo about putting names in the hat. I wish time permitted me to mention AAs who put their names in the hats in statewide elections and came up empty, including Carol Mosley-Braun who was unable to win re-election to the Senate. That of course does not mean they should give up trying. I think if Sen. Boxer decides not to run for re-election, our current AG, who is black and female might be able to capture that Senate seat if she decides to go for it. There is also a chance the Mayor of Newark may successfully run for the NJ U.S. Senate Seat. At the moment, I am not aware of any other AA ( both females and males) who have a chance at winning statewide offices, unless, of course the Gov. of MA decides to run for the Senate seat to replace John Kerry.

Whether we like it or not, PBO is a phenomena! Let’s hope the country has changed enough where his election does not end up being a very rare exception but opens more opportunities for African Americans to be elected for Statewide and National offices.

By: theo67

theo67 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 03:14:55 +0000

We can’t win if nobody runs. I’m sure if a qualified AA woman was to put her name in the hat, she’d stand a good chance of winning. There’s an AA man who put his name in the ring in statewide, and then nationwide races – and he’s currently awaiting his inauguration into a second term as President of the United States.

Also, too, there’s an AA woman who ran on the Republican ticket (and a Mormon, to boot), and although she lost, she seemed to gain some momentum during her campaign (regardless of the fact that her policies were a disaster).

By: nathkatun7

nathkatun7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:36:22 +0000

Before we condemn the Democrats, let’s ask ourself this question: What if the country had decided to elect Mitt Romney and also flipped the Senate in favor of the Republicans with a very slim majority? Would we be so strongly in favor of giving up the filibuster? May be I am wrong, but I certainly would not be in favor of doing so and thus making it easy for the GOP to roll back all the President’s accomplishments. There is absolutely no doubt that the McConnell led Senate Republicans have abused the filibuster. But the filibuster can still serve a purpose in the future to prevent radical right wing policies being imposed on the country. So it’s short-sighted to think that those Democrats who have some reservations about doing away with a filibuster rule are all about “power/turf.” Some may be looking at at the big picture. Having said that, I prefer going back to the old filibuster practice where the senator/senators filibustering had to stay on the floor for hours and hours so that the country can see what the filibuster was all about.

By: nathkatun7

nathkatun7 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:19:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, hp. AG Holder looks good! I didn’t know he he had already hit 60. Glad to have him in my 60′s club along with SoS Clinton and the marvelous VP, Joe Biden.