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While continuing to lead Progressive Baptist, the 41-year-old pastor was named the successor to James Meeks at Salem Baptist Church, one of the city’s biggest congregations.
vote. our schools are still broken, and getting worse. we re still the last in employment or business. our neighborhoods are deplorable and we still get the same promises from the democratic party but we don t get any deliverables. fewer republicans have won statewide in illinois wow carrying 20% in chicago. do that, a candidate needs to get a significant portion of the black vote. and meeks can deliver. i stand behind the church of reverend meeks. he s well respected. he can speak to the business community. meeks says what he will not do is preach politics at the pulpit. he has provided rounder a venue to speak. i would hope that i would get a chance to influence a lot of
african-americans to look at how we as a voting block is being taken for granted. meeks said this is not to be interpreted as an anti obama vote. he is prorounder, supporting the candidate i believes can jobs and recovery particularly to the struggling neighborhoods in chicago. could the stage be set for another bush-clinton presidential rematch. the latest on jeb bush and hillary clinton and the panel joins me after the break.