>In a message dated 2/16/04 1:06:32 PM, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:
>
>>Doug wrote:
>>As Donna Brazile said the other day, she's been telling Sharpton that
>>the main concern of the black electorate is getting rid of Bush, and
>>all the evidence supports her analysis. As I've asked Cde Cox many
>>times, in response to his frequent declarations that white leftists
>>should yield to black leadership, why do you reject this position?
>
>Yield? I thought the point was follow rather than duplicate or run ahead of
>and pretend to lead. In this case, it's a clear majority of democratic
>primary voters (not only African-Americans) who are voting Kerry not
>because of his
>positions but rather on 'electability.' A rotten strategy, but I think it's
>one of those situations where people think more people are more conservative
>than they themselves are, like the poll of U.S. doctors who, in a majority,
>thought most of their colleagues opposed national health care, although they
>themselves supported it.
I wasn't really talking about the specifics of the Kerry vote so much as the heavily Dem orientation of most black Americans, and the urgency they place on getting rid of Bush - neither aspect of which appeals to Carrol or Yoshie.
Doug