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Just got this email from Rick Jacobs over at the Courage Campaign:
We won!
After weeks of bad news, here’s the good news: Tens of thousands of “Decline-to-State” (DTS) voters — who intended to cast a ballot for Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on Super Tuesday — will now have their “double bubble” votes counted by the [...]

***Update…erm, I meant denounce. This is why you should actually read what you write out loud always, even when you’re in a hurry. My mind said denounce but my fingers said renounce. Yikes. Sorry.
Obama was right to “denounce” and reject” Louis Farrakhan and his unsolicited endorsement. If Obama is to lead in a new way, [...]

Karl Rove spoke at a public lecture last night and I went to hear him. His moral compass is pointed in a different direction than mine, but his brilliance is indisputable and Rove understands much about running winning political campaigns. I wanted to hear what he had to say up close and personal…well, relatively.
Rove spoke [...]

UPDATE: And now Clinton issues the non-denial denial - Read more

So with the latest polls showing Clinton losing support in both Ohio and Texas, the Clinton campaign has done exactly.what.I.predicted. they would do. They have reached down to the sewer, grabbed a handful of race-tinged slime and are slinging it hoping it will stick anywhere, [...]

I’ve posted my thoughts on Ralph Nader’s role in the presidential race over at The Unapologetic Mexican, where I am honored to have been graciously offered some fancy real estate on which to hang out…otherwise known as crossposting.
Please head on over and have a look.

Backstrokin’
The Fatback Band

awwww yeahhhhh.

I got sad watching Barack Obama’s speech Tuesday last night. And yes, it was something he said. First Obama stood, basking in the unabashed passion the crowd was sending his way. And then he reminded them:
“Change doesn’t come from the top down, it comes from the bottom up.”
The people roared. And I felt sad [...]

I have been running ragged taking care of offline tasks and meeting offline deadlines. I have to get the car in the shop right now, but I will have two or three longer posts by this afternoon PST.
Please bear with me and in the meantime, you might want to read the New York Times [...]

Ben & Jerry’s founders have endorsed Obama and they’re giving away free ice cream.
The founders of Ben & Jerry’s endorsed Barack Obama on Monday, and lent his Vermont campaign two “ObamaMobiles” that will tour the state and give away scoops of “Cherries for Change” ice cream.
“If there was ever a need for real change, and [...]

If I had seen Kevin Merida’s article in the Onion instead of the Washington Post, I would have thought it was a spot on parody of the panic on display by some black politicos right now.
Which brings us back to the dilemma facing some of Clinton’s high-profile black supporters — those with titles and constituencies [...]

George Washington has been on my mind pretty heavy during the past 48 hours. Happy Birthday, Mr. President. I think of George Washington as a courageous and strong soldier, a devoted family man and thought leader who helped unite a young America during the Constitutional Convention. I also think of our nation’s first President as [...]

Good Life
Inner City

Let me take you to a place I know you want to go
it’s a good life
I wanna stand around and beg you
just don’t say no
no no
no no.
I have got a feeling that you’re gonna like it what I’m doing to you
And I know what I’m doing
I’ll be doing what you want [...]

I have great respect for what John Lewis has done for our country. As a very young man, he put his body and soul on the line as a Freedom Rider to make life better for black people; all people really. I was dismayed by his early endorsement of Hillary Clinton, but it looks like [...]