On Nov 6, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> how receptive can we really expect the
> Obama White House to be to such groups?
>
>
> Glen Ford and Adolph Reed -- reviewing Obama's policy positions --
> would almost surely answer, 'not very.' (Indeed Ford, in his post
> election commentary at blackagendareport.com, asserts that since the
> sorts of groups you celebrate made zero demands on Obama, offering
> their enthusiastic support without insisting in any serious way on a
> quid pro quo, he is not at all beholden to them).
And what reading convinced you (or Ford) that he would be beholden to policy positions? Aren't policy positions just retwhoreicals?
I'm hoping.
xx, martin