Replies

Jesse Jackson has recognized a truth that Nixon realized nearly forty years ago, and started to build his momentum to victory in 1968 from that base.

But it involved changing the hearts and minds of the people of the South. Once solid and unshakeable in their faith in the Democrat party, the reality set in when Johnson proved to all that it made no difference what Democrat got elected, the war in Viet Nam would go on until somebody had the testicular fortitude to stand up and say it was being managed poorly. The Democrats had neutered themselves, over and over, and the majority of the voters in the South came to despise that.

Jesse believes he has the key to winning a majority of the vote in the South, by appealing to the Americans of African descent. Unfortunately, there is a bigger minority out there, and they are nothing like a reliable Democrat constituency.

You started the Southern Strategy too late, Jesse.

It's interesting that Jackson saw fit to leave out a more telling statistic (below), which is so big that even the liberal NYT couldn't miss it.

Alabama has one of the nation's most sweeping disenfranchisement laws for felons, who are stripped of the vote for the rest of their lives. It is unfair because it bars people from participating in the democratic process long after they have paid their debts to society. And it disproportionately hurts blacks: 31 percent of the black men in Alabama have been stripped of their right to vote. The Alabama Legislature passed a law this year that would have restored the vote to released felons, but Governor Riley vetoed it.

Jesse has always been the go to guy for the Dems whenever race... I mean diversity needs to have more relevence in an election. Can you imagine the side show specticle of Al Sharpton running for pres? Jesse would probably lose his mind with all the new opportunities to make money, err I mean, fight the good fight.