The Kerry campaign, as of yet, has no one of color in the innermost circle, including Kerry's campaign manager, campaign chairperson, media adviser, policy director, foreign policy adviser, general election manager, convention planner, national finance chairman, and head of VP search team."
Kerry's all-white staff is likely to make for some uncomfortable comparisons with the Bush administration, notes Watson, which has appointed African-Americans to the key positions of secretary of state and national security adviser.
NewsMax.com's repeated calls to the Kerry campaign last December, inquiring about whether he had any minorities in senior campaign positions, were never returned.
In a primary debate earlier this year, former Democratic front-runner Howard Dean was humiliated when the Rev. Al Sharpton forced him to admit he had no African-Americans in his inner circle. |
