An Army of Black Conservatives
At least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction after Republican President Lincoln freed the slaves.
Legal Insurrection says: “The Democrat’s Worst Fear About to Come True.”
Princella Smith, in Arkansas, says she disagrees with President Obama but is proud of the country for electing him. (NY Times)
A surge of black conservatives is running for Congress this year across the nation.
The New York Times reported:
Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.
The House has not had a black Republican since 2003, when J. C. Watts of Oklahoma left after eight years.
But now black Republicans are running across the country — from a largely white swath of beach communities in Florida to the suburbs of Phoenix, where an African-American candidate has raised more money than all but two of his nine (white) Republican competitors in the primary.
Party officials and the candidates themselves acknowledge that they still have uphill fights in both the primaries and the general elections, but they say that black Republicans are running with a confidence they have never had before. They credit the marriage of two factors: dissatisfaction with the Obama administration, and the proof, as provided by Mr. Obama, that blacks can get elected.
“I ran in 2008 and raised half a million dollars, and the state party didn’t support me and the national party didn’t support me,” said Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida and is one of roughly five black candidates the party believes could win. “But we came back and we’re running and things are looking great.”
Last Saturday, Pastor Stephen Broden spoke at the “Winning America Back” Conference in Independence, Missouri.
Pastor Broden is running for Congress in the 30th District in Texas. His opponent is socialist hardliner from Dallas.
Black Conservative Martin D. Baker is running for Congress in Missouri’s First District, which includes much of St. Louis, against far left socialist Rep. Lacy Clay.
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