DISQUS

Manchester2 · 11 months ago

This is quite a sweeping statement:

"Two months after a landslide victory, the Democratic party is standing on the verge of imploding under its own arrogance… “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

I don't see the evidence to support this.

mikeyes · 11 months ago

Good luck on that one.

You are probably correct as long as you don't figure in the presence of the first Black president, the 90+ percent Black vote for him and the fact that Burris has been nominated by a governor whose postive number are in the single digits.

I don't think that Blacks will overlook the fact that the Republicans seem to be the party of the Old South/Dixiecrats, "Obama the Magic Negro", and the GA Senator calling Blacks "Those People."

But we all have our dreams.

kritt11 · 11 months ago

I agree with both comments.

Plus, someone in the Democratic party should have publicized a California Republican women's group's decision in November, to put Obama's face on a food stamp, and add images of fried chicken and watermelon!

That would go over like a lead balloon with the African American community.

GreenDreams · 11 months ago

Really, Tony. What have you been smoking? My prediction. Having objected, derailing any appearance of Dem unity behind or support of Blago, they now seat Burris using just the kind of non endorsement non condemnation approach I suggested days ago. Like "we don't like it that a man under a serious legal cloud made this appointment, but he is entitled by law to do so and we reluctantly agree to seat Burris." Problem solved very strategically I'd say. If Burris was seated without objection, the GOP spins it as a corrupt appointment that the Dems supported. Watch and see. I think Obama actually knows what he's doing. And Reid has no choice but to go along with the new leader of the Dem party.

acspark · 11 months ago

Unfortunately, Green and the rest of you, the Dems just shot down Burris... oh, well - Dems will be Dems.

acspark · 11 months ago

In case you think I made that up - go to Memeorandum and check out Mark Silva's Chicago Tribune column - "The Swamp."

GreenDreams · 11 months ago

So I see. That was just such a stupid thing to do. I still don't see a big GOP opportunity here, and I think Burris will be seated eventually. But gotta say, this is a black eye for Dems.

kritt11 · 11 months ago

That Blago is still acting in any capacity as Illinois gov is a black eye for Dems!

Jim_Satterfield · 11 months ago

That is rich. The Republican Party as the friends of blacks. The same party whose other black candidate for the leadership derided anyone who looked down on the "Barack the Magic Negro" song being handed out as being hypersensitive on race. Steele said nothing except to call it a misplaced attempt at humor. Then he only criticizes it in terms of making the GOP look bad. This is the great hope of the Republican Party in terms of recruiting minorities? That's only believable if you think that those minorities are hopelessly stupid.

Under the current circumstances refusing to seat Burris isn't a black eye for anyone. Accepting the appointment from a hopelessly corrupt politician who is under indictment and almost certain to be impeached, now that is a black eye. Heck, it's two black eyes and a broken nose. It says a lot of very bad things about Burris. It says that he doesn't deserve that seat in the Senate. But today the Democratic leadership has a perfectly acceptable reason for not seating Burris. Until the lawsuit concerning the refusal of the Illinois Secretary of State to sign off on his appointment is settled the Senate is perfectly within its rights to refuse to seat him.

kritt11 · 11 months ago

I agree with Jim S. The GOP hasn't been a friend to blacks since Reconstruction! :-)