[Cicero]

I'm inclined to think that blacks will remain on the Democrat plantation when it comes to voting time for the foreseeable future. The only thing that could possibly change things would be the rise of a new black leadership, who would explain that if blacks want to do better they need to start helping themselves, and that doesn't yet seem to be in the cards. The Dems pay the old-style leaders too much for them to change. Hispanics, on the other hand, will probably continue to come around.

[Montfort]

The new CEO of AOL-Time-Warner seems to be a high-profile black Republican. This could be a sign of the times. We have already seen wealthy blacks bucking the crats on estate tax repeal, and blacks-for-vouchers bucking the NEA educrat establishment.