Arthur Davis is a Obama wannabe. Davis was smeared by his opponent, long time incumbent Hillard, as being the Jewish and White candidate in 2002. Davis beat Hillard by appealing to both white and black voters. I noticed that the youunger members of the Congressional Black Caucus - Davis, Meek the son, Sanford Bishop, and Ford Jr. - want to appeal to people of all races. Whereas, Rangel and Maxine just want to be a black only Congesscritter. Ironically, if Obama did beat Bobby Rush in 2000, Obama would have been strong armed by Rangel and Maxine to vote far left on the issues. Thus leaving a noticeable trail of socialism. That would made Obama unelectable in 2008.
Artur (no h) is clearly more Conservative than Earl Hilliard, but he has tried to position himself as “moderate” enough to win statewide (Zero, by comparison, never left the extreme left of the spectrum*). I’m not sure he can beat the Ag Commissioner for the nomination, but if he does, I think virtually any Republican can defeat Davis, including Chief Justice Moore, given what the climate will be in 2010.
(*As an aside, the worst thing to have happened to Zero would’ve been his beating Bobby Rush, he certainly wouldn’t have ended up in the Senate and Presidency as he did)