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And if the Dems are drifting further leftward now, just wait - who knows what Al Sharpton has up his sleeve!! He may start threatening a third party run if he's not on the Democratic ticket in 2004! This would be the Democrats' worse nightmare and don't think that Sharpton doesn't know it.

I've been thinking about this scenario for a while and I think it's a distinct possibility. Sharpton will try to blackmail them into getting what he wants - which is more power for himself. And why shouldn't he, considering the numbers that blacks deliver to the Democratic party and the way the Dems take the black vote for granted. He's got a lot of leverage and don't be surprised if he doesn't use it - sooner rather than later! They know they can't win anything without 90%+ of the black vote! A threat like this could really pull them leftward - and leave the continuing widening "middle" open for the GOP!

I agree with your assessment. And further, I think that its completely possible for the majority of the black people in this country (that is, the 95% of blacks who consistently vote for Democrats regardless of any rhyme or reason) to create their own political party. Sort of like the way they have black student groups at colleges, black professional organizations, and their own BET television. This will finalize their own self-inflicted marginalization from American life, and provide the means for the Republicans to maintain political dominance for many years to come.

I wonder if the GOP could offer an olive branch of some power position to Sharpton in some way that would give him enough encouragement to run as an independent? I know it sounds looney, but it would destroy the Democrat party's chances now and possibly plant the seeds of a long term abandonment of the Dems by the black voters. I think once blacks started looking beyond the lies to the truth, they'd realize that the Dem party has been their enemy not their ally over the past 50 years.