NY Times -- With their Senate majority imperiled, Democrats are trying to mobilize African-Americans outraged by the shooting in Ferguson, Mo., to help them retain control of at least one chamber of Congress for President Obama’s final two years in office.
In black churches and on black talk radio, African-American civic leaders have begun invoking the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, along with conservative calls to impeach Mr. Obama, as they urge black voters to channel their anger by voting Democratic in the midterm elections, in which minority turnout is typically lower.
“Ferguson has made it crystal clear to the African-American community and others that we’ve got to go to the polls,” said Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a civil-rights leader. “You participate and vote, and you can have some control over what happens to your child and your country.”
The push is an attempt to counter Republicans’ many advantages in this year’s races, including polls that show Republican voters are much more engaged in the elections at this point — an important predictor of turnout.
Mr. Lewis is headlining efforts to mobilize black voters in several states with competitive Senate races, including Arkansas, Louisiana and North Carolina. The drive is being organized by the Congressional Black Caucus, in coordination with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Other steps, such as recruiting N.B.A. players to help register more African-Americans, are also underway.
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Blog author's comments - Attempting to use the Ferguson shooting to push the blacks to the polls for the midterm elections is just a small part of the Democratic Party play book...never let a crisis go to waste. I hope the blacks enjoy Obama's immigration edicts because they'll be the first to feel them. But the large majority of blacks that do go to the polls in 2014 will vote for the Democratic candidates.
Lyndon Johnson's name is often omitted from discussions about our nation's worst President even though his War on Poverty was like throwing gasoline on a fire. Instead of shrinking poverty, it has consumed every large city in America. All the money and entitlements given to the unemployed does not seem to have helped many of the people living in poverty find their way out and create a life of their own without the help of the government. When are the blacks going to realize they are being used?
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