This is the case in Florida as well. We have 120 representatives in the Florida House. Thirty-nine are democrats and of those thirty-nine, the majority -- twenty are black. In the Florida Senate there are 40 members with 12 democrats and four of those twelve are black.
We have a unique situation here. Many of the democratic party elected officials down here are black and blacks are social conservatives. If we are smart, we can pass socially conservative policies with bi-partisan democratic help.
Our governor has wisely decided to attach education money to the student and wants to allow the parents to decide where to use the money to educate their children. The democrats are usually against this, but blacks want this. It may be a way to finally to make it clear to the black community that the democrats don't have their best interests in mind. Blacks may finally be able to leave the democratic plantation.
If blacks want to stay in the minority, they’ll be whistling “Dixie” til the cows come home. In our generation, the Republican realignment in the South is now nearly an accomplished fact.