Michael Thurmond is a very wise person with truly amazing politicial savvy -- Wedge between racial optimists and racial realists.
Jim Galloway writes in the AJC:
"I've talked to Senator Clinton and Senator Obama," said state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond. He's also picked up the phone several times and heard a sales pitch from Vernon Jordan, the native Atlantan, former president of the Urban League and close adviser to Bill Clinton.
"That impressed me, to be quite honest with you. Vernon Jordan is a legend," said Thurmond, who said he's still on the fence.
[Thurmond] said he finds the division among blacks [between supporting Clinton and Obama] to be more subtle. It's a wedge, he says, between racial optimists and racial realists.between racial optimists and racial realists.
"Will Americans elect an African-American? That's where you get the fault line —- between African-Americans who believe that an African-American can be elected in America today, and those who don't," he said.
The decision calls for calculus, not emotion, Thurmond said.
"That's why I'm not into the personalities of the candidate. I'm looking for the candidate who has the best chance to win. Period," he said. "I don't care what color they are. I don't care what gender they are."
"I've talked to Senator Clinton and Senator Obama," said state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond. He's also picked up the phone several times and heard a sales pitch from Vernon Jordan, the native Atlantan, former president of the Urban League and close adviser to Bill Clinton.
"That impressed me, to be quite honest with you. Vernon Jordan is a legend," said Thurmond, who said he's still on the fence.
[Thurmond] said he finds the division among blacks [between supporting Clinton and Obama] to be more subtle. It's a wedge, he says, between racial optimists and racial realists.between racial optimists and racial realists.
"Will Americans elect an African-American? That's where you get the fault line —- between African-Americans who believe that an African-American can be elected in America today, and those who don't," he said.
The decision calls for calculus, not emotion, Thurmond said.
"That's why I'm not into the personalities of the candidate. I'm looking for the candidate who has the best chance to win. Period," he said. "I don't care what color they are. I don't care what gender they are."
posted by Sid Cottingham | 9:15 AM
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He is the future of the democratic party. The sky's the limit for him & after his term as labor commissioner is up in 2010, he may be the next governor, senator, lt. governor of georgia. Or maybe he runs next year against chambliss for his senate seat.
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