Artur Davis on the Administration’s Exploitation of Race

A blistering piece by Artur Davis at National Review, including Obama’s use of race in the attack on voter ID:, all from a former Obama supporter:


“Enter Joe Biden in Danville, Va., on Tuesday, before a crowd with a large African-American presence. In forced colloquialisms, the vice president warned the audience that Republicans would “put y’all back in chains.” In the hours since, Team Obama has scratched hard to find a different subtext to his statement, but their mincing of words has only added insult to injury: Every African American in the room knew full well whom “y’all” referred to, and what chains meant — it’s one of the clearest codes in racial politics in the black community and has been for a while. At worst, the word “chains” signifies a retreat to a society where a person’s skin color amounted to a prison. At the least, the word bluntly and outrageously equates ordinary conservatism with racial viciousness.”

Artur Davis on the Administration’s Exploitation of Race

A blistering piece by Artur Davis at National Review, including Obama’s use of race in the attack on voter ID:, all from a former Obama supporter:


“Enter Joe Biden in Danville, Va., on Tuesday, before a crowd with a large African-American presence. In forced colloquialisms, the vice president warned the audience that Republicans would “put y’all back in chains.” In the hours since, Team Obama has scratched hard to find a different subtext to his statement, but their mincing of words has only added insult to injury: Every African American in the room knew full well whom “y’all” referred to, and what chains meant — it’s one of the clearest codes in racial politics in the black community and has been for a while. At worst, the word “chains” signifies a retreat to a society where a person’s skin color amounted to a prison. At the least, the word bluntly and outrageously equates ordinary conservatism with racial viciousness.”

Majority of Every Demographic Supports Voter ID – Except Ideological Liberals

An amazing poll by the Washington Post.  A majority of every demographic supports voter ID -except those self-identifying their ideology as liberal. (Which of course explains why the Justice Department is trying to stop Voter ID.)    And even 48 percent of liberals say they support Voter ID!

This demonstrates why it is dangerous for Voter ID opponents to push this issue – there will be political ramifications in November.  Voter ID has broken containment.  The more we hear about Voter ID, the more damage it does to Democratic Party interests.  And like we saw yesterday in Pennsylvania, its a high risk to take when you can’t prove anyone was disenfranchised.  Civil rights groups should move along to an issue that really matters instead of spending donor dollars on something that doesn’t disenfranchise and is supported by the vast majority of Americans.

h/t to John Fund.

Majority of Every Demographic Supports Voter ID – Except Ideological Liberals

An amazing poll by the Washington Post.  A majority of every demographic supports voter ID -except those self-identifying their ideology as liberal. (Which of course explains why the Justice Department is trying to stop Voter ID.)    And even 48 percent of liberals say they support Voter ID!

This demonstrates why it is dangerous for Voter ID opponents to push this issue – there will be political ramifications in November.  Voter ID has broken containment.  The more we hear about Voter ID, the more damage it does to Democratic Party interests.  And like we saw yesterday in Pennsylvania, its a high risk to take when you can’t prove anyone was disenfranchised.  Civil rights groups should move along to an issue that really matters instead of spending donor dollars on something that doesn’t disenfranchise and is supported by the vast majority of Americans.

h/t to John Fund.