Okay, Rep. Tubbs Jones is on my radar now
Chris at Afro-Netizen:
Quite possibly one of the most influential individuals in this presidential race has yet to be sufficiently acknowledged by journalists and pundits: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH). If she can energize and mobilize her largely Black constituency in the Cleveland area to turn out in big numbers in November, she may very well put Ohio in the blue column for the Dems, while the mother/son congressional duo of Reps. Carrie & Kendrick Meek do the same in the Miami metro area of Florida.
As Ohio is a bellweather for the nation, if Rep. Tubbs Jones delivers in her congressional district and beyond, she should would most certainly deserve "honorary white-boy" status and all the perks that come with it. It is also worth noting that Rep. Tubbs Jones is a co-chair of the DNCC's Platform Committee, not to mention that she is also the very first Black woman to serve on the juicy Ways and Means Committee (aka Dollars & Cents Committee).
While I'm not particularly impressed with the Dems' 2004 Platform document whose theme is: "Strong at Home, Respected in the World", it's vastly better than Dubya's prospective GOP platform simply entitled: "Yee-ha!"
