Merle Black
Merle Black
P. Merle Blackis the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He is a frequent media source on Southern politics, as is his twin brother, Earl Black, a professor at Rice University. The two brothers are sometime co-authors, and have written several important books about politics in the Southern US, including Politics and Society in the South and The Vital South. Black was President of the Southern Political Science Association, 2002-2003...
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Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation. He was trained as an engineer - his approach was to study a problem and reach his own conclusions and proceed. It's Carter being Carter.
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Blacks have been migrating into the South in the last decade or so. There are more jobs here. After the 60's, and civil rights, this is where the job growth has been. Because of the lack of unionization, industries have moved back to the South.
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Blacks have been migrating into the South in the last decade or so, ... There are more jobs here. After the 60's, and civil rights, this is where the job growth has been. Because of the lack of unionization, industries have moved back to the South.
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The presidency is probably the most stressful job in the world. It's good from time to time for him to get away to a new location.
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She's brought back the old Cynthia. There won't be any more news stories about the new Cynthia McKinney.
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Most voters don't judge a governor on one decision,
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You can imagine him on the ticket, either as the presidential candidate or the vice president, and Virginia automatically becomes a competitive state.
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He can't argue his way to better numbers. He needs favorable results in Iraq. And that's out of his hands.
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He doesn't get away from the problems he has to deal with, he's just brings them with him to another location. I don't think most Americans begrudge him a little time off.
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What else can he do? If he doesn't do anything, he will be criticized as being too passive. But no matter how many speeches he makes, nothing will change for the better until they start changing for the better in Iraq.
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Gore is much better known among black politicians for a much longer period of time. I don't know how Bradley breaks that.
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All of this is consistent. She's doesn't act the way most congress members act.
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Carter's approach is to try to decide what was best for the nation.