> ... Jackson and other civil rights leaders have launched a campaign at
> the grassroots to pressure Democratic Senators on the Ashcroft
> nomination specifically and more generally on holding the line
> overall...
As was pointed out in a note Doug posted last week, the line Jackson's holding seems to be an open one to GWB:
[via Sam Smith]
VILLAGE VOICE: Downcast Wall Street investors whose fears had been focused on a slowing economy demanded that Reverend Jesse Jackson curtail his blistering attacks on George W. Bush. These financiers arranged the controversial phone call that Jackson made to the "president-select" shortly after Al Gore conceded the race, key business figures told the Voice. Corporate moguls contribute heavily to Jackson's Wall Street Project, an economic-development program intended to persuade New York's financial leaders to steer big-business bucks to minority communities and entrepreneurs . . . "These guys on Wall Street aren't Democrats or Republicans-they're capitalists," says one investor. "When they saw the tide turning, some of Reverend Jackson's top contributors put a call in to him." Jackson did not return Voice calls for comment.
VILLAGE VOICE http://villagevoice.com/issues/0052/noel.shtml