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Politics : A Neutral Corner -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Constant Reader who wrote (208)	9/17/2005 12:34:16 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2253

Nice Post, CR.... It's rather refreshing to see how a person from one political camp can appreciate efforts that are well intended.. I guess that is what is meant by being Neutral..(:)

To: Constant Reader who wrote (208)	9/18/2005 7:20:45 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2253

Over the last several years, I have developed a considerable amount of respect for Donna Brazile. I am rarely on the same page with her politically and I still remember her early rhetorical theatrics, particularly as they related to the Bush family, though I am willing to write off those comments as the excesses of youth. God knows that there are more than a few comments that I would like to take back, even if I am the only one that remembers them. What I do admire about her is her passion, and the fact that her beliefs appear to be sincere, consistent with her back-story, and not tailored to fit today’s talking points. Last year, she began to talk about the disconnect between the dependence of the Democratic Party on the African-American community and the fact that the party seems unwilling, or unable, to elevate African-Americans to positions of real authority at the national level. She noted that the blind loyalty of the African-American community inevitably hurt them politically. The Democrats would have been wise to elevate her, rather than Howard Dean, to head the DNC. She opted not to formally join the Kerry campaign last year, though she was an avid supporter, noting that it was time for her to make some money. Over the last several years, she has evolved into a very savvy political consultant. Without her last minute heroics, Mary Landrieu would have exited the Senate in 2002. I remember reading last year that she was having lunch with Karl Rove on a regular basis. How cool is that? I assume that Bush will appoint some sort of commission to oversee the rebuilding of New Orleans. I hope that someone has enough sense to put her on that commission. The hurricane was a very traumatic event for Ms. Brazile. As late as September 6, she still had not found her sister. theglobeandmail.com Donna Brazile, a prominent Democratic Party strategist who grew up as one of nine children in a poor area of New Orleans, told CNN that her father had been rescued after days on a rooftop, but she has had no word on her brain-damaged sister, who lived in an assisted-living home. CNN was able to enlist some rescue workers who found and rescued Donna’s sister.