You could go in the archives on me, but I’m willing to bet I’m defensibly consistent. I never argued the case for Obama simply because he was black. My mantra was qualified, credible and bonus, he’s black.

More to the issue here, while I hear your refrain that every other interest group is clamoring for their own to be put in, I submit they are falling into the same trap that pushing for a black person without a first reference to competence and agenda entails.

Some liberal interest groups are playing the game that way, and they are no example to emulate.

The point really does have to be about what is in our self interest, and what agenda serves those interests we identify.

Mary at least gets in the ball park by talking about a focus on education, though I think several of her ideas are liberal wrongheadedness. But saying, education is a key and then thinking about what kind of policy objectives we want to fight for that support that is the right approach.

As long as all we are talking about is what color and gender the next NY senator is gonna be, we are NOT talking about what is our agenda and how do we get it done. The failure to focus is killing us.

hahaha, okay!!! i don’t know why but that rings true to me. black folks love to act high and mighty while FORGETTING to do their job. that’s funny though

Word on the street is that President-elect was about to appoint retiring Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) as his Secretary of Labor and he got a phone call some say from Speaker Pelosi. The call went like this “Where my Latinas at?” Obama’s response was I am on it! Rep. Hilda Solis, invisible up to this point, becomes the only Latina in the Obama’s Cabinet. I wish her well.

Again I say when will the CBC come out of the cold. There are 14 Black Women on the CBC including the last two chairs with a host of talented Black women staffers. I hope someone does not have to call President-elect Obama’s transition team to make an inquiry, considering Obama’s the first “Black” president.

Oh yea, what is wrong with Virginia Fields or Yvette Clarke being considered for the U.S. Senate. Did Rev. Al break bread with one of them this week at Slyvia’s?

Word on the street is that President-elect was about to appoint retiring Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) as his Secretary of Illinois and he got a phone call some say from Speaker Pelosi. The call we like this “Where my Latinas at?” Obama’s response was I am on it! Rep. Hilda Solis, invisible up to this point, becomes the only Latina in the Obama’s Cabinet. I wish her well.

Again I say when will the CBC come out of the cold. There are 14 Black Women on the CBC including the last two chairs with a host of talented Black women staffers. I hope someone does not have to call President-elect Obama’s transition team to make an inquiry, considering Obama’s the first “Black” president.

Oh yea, what is wrong with Virginia Fields or Yvette Clarke being considered for the U.S. Senate. Did Rev. Al break bread with one of them this week at Slyvia’s?

i think as a group we should have a separate set cause our position is pretty unique. the black ‘agenda’ does not look out for black women’s interests, that is very obvious.

first, it seems that a lot are single black mothers, that’s why i was mentioning daycare and teenage services. when children have to look after themselves, things fall apart.
also, maybe more severe penalties for not paying child support/making it mandatory
also, free healthcare, it is needed. for the US to be one of the few western countries to NOT have free health care is truly baffling. you can have the best healthcare but if no one can afford it, it’s worthless.
also, maybe increasing minimum wage

these are just suggestions. i don’t have any kids either, but i truly believe that a group will always be destroyed if they dont nurture their young

but my question is, aren’t there black women organizations out there, i know there are. are these organizations saying ANYTHING???

And why stop there? Apparently there are over 3, 000 jobs created by a new President in the White House. So far there have been over 300,000 applications received. If Black women and others apply they should be considered.

I was attempting to wait until he finished appointing his cabinet. Looks like all Black women got at the cabinet level is Susan Rice and the Un Ambassador position traditionally isn’t cabinet level. HOWEVER, Black Achievement, people would not be receptive to having me point that out at this time. Nor would they be receptive to me pointing out that every other interest group is lobbying for their “people” to get high ranking positions.

I mean I kinda was disheartened when I asked about Black women in NY and the response from BLACK WOMEN was “There aren’t any.”

But yeah, you are right.