Are Black Democratic Leaders Finally Getting Over A Bout of Political Recalcitrance?
By Dr. Sherman N. Miller 2/15/2008 With the black community going overwhelming for Senator Barack Obama, it was a matter of time before black super-delegates that are elected officials would start to fall in alignment with their constituencies. If the Black Democratic officials continued to ignore the will of their voters, one might expect some wholesale house cleaning by their electorate come November 2008. Surely the Republican Party is hoping that the Black Democratic leaders demonstrate recalcitrance against accepting the will of their voters in support for Senator Barack Obama and cast their super-delegate vote for Senator Hillary Clinton. This black leadership tomfoolery would offer Black Republican candidates an opportunity to morph from political octoroons to enfranchised candidates while undermining the great black support of Democratic candidates. Senator Hillary Clinton is finding that yesterday’s black civil rights leaders’ allegiance to former President Bill Clinton is bei
