The four empty lecterns at last night's presidential debate spoke volumes about blacks and the Republican Party.
I left the party in 2000. I announced my resignation in the weekly column I wrote for PoliticallyBlack.com:
Truth be told, the Republican Party left me some time ago. My switch (to independent) comes in the wake of a pattern of racial blunders that I cannot dismiss as mere "mistakes."
Make no mistake: The front-runners made a strategic decision to skip the debate. In doing so, they put the race card on the table.
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, convenor of the Coalition for the People's Agenda, often says that black folks turn out to vote when they are "glad, mad or sad." The absence of the likely presidential nominee ensures that in 2008, black voters will be madder than usual with Republicans.
So get ready.
