[lbo-talk] how black does Obama want to be?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jan 23 10:58:47 PST 2007


On Jan 23, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Gary Mongiovi wrote:


> The best part of this story is the prospect that Rev. Al might get
> into the 2008 Presidential race. He'll be a terrific counterbalance
> to the "centrism" that most of the other candidates are likely to
> embrace, and he'll get some meaningful issues out on the table. He
> thinks better on his feet than most of the Dems who have thrown
> their hats in so far, and on most of the issues that matter to the
> left he's spot-on.

We watched Sharpton on Hannity & Colmes last night - that guy is great. He might be the sharpest guy in American public life. Yeah I know about his history, but hey, this is America, the land of second chances and more. I hope he runs just so we get to see more of him.

Doug



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