Blackamerican Families

African-Americans have indeed had a tradition of strong families. I just don’t know where the breakdown started

Obama On the Move?

Today, the people of New Hampshire will be voting in the primaries. Will Obama be able to continue to make history? The article below is from last Friday…

Obama’s victory marked the first time an African-American candidate has won such a vital primary or caucus, and the candidate emphasized the historical nature of that achievement last night.“Years from now you’ll be able to say ‘This was the moment when it all began,’” Obama told hundreds of giddy, chanting supporters at a Des Moines sports arena. “This is the moment when we finally beat back the politics of fear and doubt and cynicism.”

The campaign now slingshots ahead to New Hampshire where a badly hobbled Clinton will try to recover her lost momentum and reclaim her husband’s 1992 “Comeback Kid” mantel by the Jan. 8 primary.

Clinton still holds a narrow lead in recent New Hampshire polls, about seven percent on average, but history shows that Granite State leads vanish overnight after dramatic wins, like Obama’s.

He is not only leading in New Hampshire polls, but leading in South Carolina by 20 points and the national race is tied

But Kameelah has a few thoughts on Obama

I want–no NEED a candidate I can genuinely be excited about. I need to be passionate about this leader as I am about I want someone who can challenge the very values of this nation, and dare I say capitalism itself. I don’t think I will see that candidate before I pass from this Dunya. When I say he does not present something radically different from those who came before him, I am trying with all delicacy, but conviction to say that Obama like the other candidates does not challenge the fundamental values, relationships and tragedies reproduced by capitalism. And, I can’t expect that he does–no one would ever support him. It is not my intention to present a heterodox narrative/desire/dream for the sake of the pompus and self-aggrandizing exercise of being a contrarian; I sincerely believe in what I write here.