Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Colin Powell President
>
> >
> > Well, that's been falsified experimentally just this year in Texas.
>
> I dont think that one election race constitutes falsification. While I will
> agree that there is some truth to what you say about the electability of
> blacks it is not a universal truth.
>
> Blacks have not had all that hard a time getting elected in Texas,
> especially since the days of Barbara Jordan. Several black elected officials
> in and from Texas have been quite prominent.
>
> > 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.
>
> Both were fairly unknown. And then there was the election campaign that must
> have had some effect. Isnt it possible that the republican candidate just
> rode the republican wave into office?
I'm guessing that that's what happened in some of the races, that one
included.
Given the various records of the candidates for statewide offices,
that's the *only* explanation I can come up with on some of those
victories. :P
> > Being black is a net negative. How else can you explain the low numbers
> of
> > blacks in the Senate?
>
> Perhaps blacks have produced fewer good candidates so far?
>
> Not many people would vote for Jesse Jackson based on his message.
I think Rob is right on this one.
Julia
just my $0.02 to add to the Texas senate race debate
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