----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: Re: Colin Powell President
> Kevin T. > *Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state > levels there would be too much obvious racism. Unfortunately race is an > issue in the backs of people's minds. A small percentage of the populous, > and even less of eligible voters but still there. But I think specifically > for Powell this wouldn't matter as much. Well, that's been falsified experimentally just this year in Texas. Ron Kirk, who was a black moderate Democrat, got a record low % of white votes in Harris county for a senate election, running against a fairly obscure Republican candidate. In other words, he got fewer white votes than did a Democrat who was far to the left of him running against well known and incumbent US Senators. Being black is a net negative. How else can you explain the low numbers of blacks in the Senate? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
