Eddie BJ had a comment relating to Cynthia McKinney's defeat: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, told the Post that "at the grass roots" among African-American voters, there is a growing perception that "Jewish people are attempting to pick our leaders...There is some concern about that that. It's concern about any candidate being targeted by a special-interest group for voting on any one issue." (excerpt from http://www.bet.com/articles/1,,c1gb3661-4336,00.html)
another bit of info: "...House Bill 211, sponsored by Representatives Cynthia MacKinney and Eddie Bernice Johnson, that urges the Bush Administration to send Secretary of State Colin Powell to the UN World Conference on Racism to demonstrate to the world the seriousness with which the US approaches not only the Conference, but the global situation of racial discrimination, to contribute financially to the Conference, and to adopt policy positions at the Conference that seek to advance an understanding of current historic factors contributing to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance." (excerpt from: http://www.ydsusa.org/statements/unracism.html)