gradually at first, but by the mid-1970s, there was a steady stream of dually elected african-american city officials, state reps, members of congress, mayors. so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year history of really learning and engaging in the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, of a four-year race. i m here because somebody marched for our freedom. i m here because y all sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. selma helped make his possible, but don t confuse those that paid the price with those that are supposed to take that price and govern. despite his visit to selma, obama didn t spend much time discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the historic statement.
blacks to enter politics again. gradually at first, but by the mid-1970s, there was a steady stream of dually elected african-american city officials, state reps, members of congress, mayors. so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year history of really learning and engaging in the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, of a four-year race. i m here because somebody marched for our freedom. i m here because y all sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. selma helped make his possible, but don t confuse those that paid the price with those that are supposed to take that price and govern. despite his visit to selma, obama didn t spend much time discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the historic statement.
blacks to enter politics again. gradually at first, but by the mid 1907s there was a steady stream of duly elected african-american city officials, state reps, members of congress, mayors. so from 68 to 08 was a 40-year period of really learning and engaging the political process. out of that emerges president barack. he came in running the last lap, a tremendous last lap, for a really 40-year race. i m here because somebody marched for our freedom. i m here because you sacrificed for me. i stand on the shoulders of that. barack obama was not running to be a civil rights leader. selma helped make him possible, but don t confuse those that paid the price with those that are supposed to take that price and govern. despite his visit to selma, obama didn t spend much time discussing his race during the campaign. his strong candidacy was the
ever. the public discourse and public policy making should be held to a different standard than the commercials. in virginia they ve elected very good governors and state reps in virginia through this process of full disclosure. it has not had that negative impact. fascinating conversation. ly, what do you have next? it better be good. mitt romney visits a wawa in pennsylvania where he mixes it up with the folk. oh, yeah. discovers his new favorite thing. you re not goin going disappointment me, are you? no. news you can t use is next. also, get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island? really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but. [ man ] there s never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn t it? but that won t happen with the capital one venture card.
and they have the political muscle to do it. let me make one more point just on that. basically, lobbying is giving the subsidy to the lawmakers that you support. that is the time, effort, brain power, technical expertise of crafting a bill. it s incredibly important at the state level. so when someone comes in and says we ve got these experts on gun laws and they ve written it up, don t you worry about it, that is very powerful. that s a really powerful thing. one of the sub texts is we would all be better off with larger staffs of state reps and state senators.