Urban Poverty Law Center

I understand Black America's love affair with Barack Obama.  I felt it with Sarah Palin because she was just like my people, ordinary common sense people with a sense of fairness and no room for the sleazy back room deals which go on in the higher echelons of government. She was destroyed because she threatened the status quo.  She wisely opted out and has continued her assault from the sidelines through endorsements and the bully pulpit she gained from her brilliant rise to popularity.  Placing strong candidates in the house, senate and in state houses all across the country will get America where she rightly belongs better than a President Palin who would have to contend with the corrupt old boys club in Washington DC. My grandmother was fond of pointing out:  "Rome wasn't built in a day!"  But even Caligula only ruled for four years. The first presidential debate had two important results.  First, Mitt Romney was given a chance to speak directly to...