by kspence | Jun 25, 2013 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama, Politics
As expected, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to render Section 4[foot]This section determines the states that must preclear any attempt to change voting laws with the federal government.[/foot] of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutional. Although it kept the...
by kspence | Jan 26, 2013 | Black Leadership, Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Obama |
On Friday's Barbershop I weighed in on the "controversy" over President Obama using Lincoln's Bible and Martin Luther King jr's Bible during his swearing in ceremony[foot]Listen here.[/foot]. I noted that King was dead, and if we want to make...
by kspence | Nov 19, 2012 | Campaigns and Elections, Politics, Racial Politics
Last week, Mitt Romney had a conversation with his supporters, explaining to them why he lost the 2012 Presidential election. In that conversation, Romney blamed his loss on the "gifts" Obama gave key constituencies–Latinos, youth, single women,...
by kspence | Nov 12, 2012 | Campaigns and Elections, Politics |
There's a benefit to having blogged longer than almost any other academic (and definitely any other blackademic) alive. With the shellacking they received, there've been questions about what the GOP should do now their Southern Strategy is dead in the water....
by kspence | Nov 9, 2012 | Campaigns and Elections, Politics |
I've already done a couple of election post-mortems. Here are a set of quick thoughts: 1. California could be the future In the seventies, California began the modern anti-tax movement with the passage of Proposition 13, a proposition that made it incredibly...
by kspence | Nov 7, 2012 | Black Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Knocking the Hustle, Neoliberalism, Obama, Politics
I wrote the piece below after Bush defeated Kerry in what some might argue could be thought of as his only legitimate election. I'd gone to Missouri to work on turnout and to vote, and had to endure the longest plane ride home I'd ever had (the plane was...
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