Taking voters for granted?

[Jake]

Yes. Blacks vote about 90% for the Democrats. What have the Democrats done for the blacks? Actually the Republicans have probably done more to but Black Americans in positions of power i.e. Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoneeza Rice.

thurgood marshall, Barack Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee

If we're going to start the pissing match over which party has more blacks in positions of power, I'll point out that the only black Democrat in high political office is Obama. The remainder are House members with little power elected from black majority districts.

[Jake]

If we're going to start the pissing match over which party has more blacks in positions of power, I'll point out that the only black Democrat in high political office is Obama. The remainder are House members with little power elected from black majority districts.

number of black Republicans in the Senate=0
number of black Republicans in the House=0

44 out of 44 members of the Black Congressional Caucus are Democrats.

Thank you for showing us what happens when racial gerrymandering is used to create black majority districts. They...(gasp)...elect black Democrats . How many of those Black Democrats move on from the House to higher positions of power? None...ever.

[Jake]

Frankly, I think African Americans should stop voting Democrats en masse even if that's traditional.  Evangelicals at least base their voting on positions, even if that position is something inane like soley voting based on gay marriage (is that really the most important thing in the world?).

Showing your ignorance again. Evangelicals don't vote on gay marriage alone, but also on abortion, school prayer, religion in society, stem cell research, etc.