racial politics

Steve Cohen from the last meeting of Tennessee Democrats at the Democratic National Convention:

Mediaverse discusses the implications of the victorious Steve Cohen campaign:

Barack Obama inserts himself into Tennessee politics and calls out Nikki Turner:

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, waded into the ugly politics being waged in today’s Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District’s Democratic primary.

Racial politics has stooped to a new low over in Northern Mississippi Memphis. In an era when just about any white politician running against any black politician is at some point likely to be labeled a racist, this ad takes the cake. I mean, are you freaking kidding me? Steve Cohen, liberal Jewish Democrat, is [...]

Reporteth Jackson Baker:
”With Barack Obama, we have entered upon a post-racial world and a post-racial politics,” Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton said Wednesday, expressly agreeing with a conclusion of that kind offered by 9th District U.S. Representative Steve Cohen during the congressman’s recent televised debate with Democratic primary opponents Nikki Tinker and Joe Towns.
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Shelby County Mayor thinks we are at the cusp of a new age:

Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard reports that Senator Bob Corker has come a long way from the man who some believe won his Senate seat as a benefiary of unseemly racial politics:

Roger Abramson points out a little hypocrisy in the way Democrats are treated when they talk about demographics as opposed to Republicans:

“Look, we worked hard and gave it our best shot, but the demographics, well, they are what they are…”

The “demographics”? Hmmmmm, now whatever could he mean by that?

Wow. You know, there are some columns that just strike a chord in your heart. This week’s piece by Star Parker is one of them. Will racial politics ever end? She has an answer today.