Earl Ofari Hutchinson

GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney recently publicly mused about who his likely cabinet picks would be if elected. But conveniently he was tight lipped about the one institution which his administration would have the greatest impact—and damage—on, namely the Supreme Court. There are three numbers that tell the colossal danger that a would be President Romney poses to the Supreme Court. The numbers…

  Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The 2012 GOP convention organizers made much of the announcement that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, former Democratic Congressman Arthur Davis, and Saratoga Springs, Utah Mayor Mia Love will be among the featured speakers at the convention. They are supposedly the GOP’s loud public rebuke to the relentless charge that it has snatched in the welcome mat to blacks. But the three black speakers notwithstanding the 2012 GOP…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll registered what had to be a first ever for any candidate in any presidential election in modern times. The poll put GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s share of the black vote at 0 percent. At first glance that seems about right. Romney and his VP running mate Paul Ryan have singlehandedly done what few GOP presidential tickets have done and that’s actively…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

 Hillary Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines turned faux rapper when he thumped out a rhythmic message to the press vehemently denying that there have been any meetings, back room deals, or nervous talk at the White House about dumping Joe Biden and replacing him with Hillary. Reines had to move quickly to squelch the incessant media chatter about a Biden exit for two simple reasons. One it’s not going to happen. Even if Hillary…

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

On August 3, 1980 then GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point and his audience deliberately. The spot was the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that lined Reagan’s motorcade route waved Confederate and American flags.…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In an apparent off the cuff remark, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan gushed that he thought it was a “cool thing” that an African-American was president. But Ryan’s rapture with President Obama didn’t last past the first sentence. In the next breath…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

President Obama has heard one persistent grumble from the moment that he entered the White House. And that’s that he has not said and done enough to boost African-Americans. It’s been nothing more than a low intensity grumble for two simple reasons. One is that blacks backed him in near…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney predictably jumped all over the jobs report for July which saw joblessness tick up slightly. He called it a hammer blow for the middle-class.  Certainly much has been made of the fact that no president has won reelection since World War II with the…

Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Reverend William Owens is banking that anti-gay marriage sentiment among blacks is so strong that it will put a crimp in President Obama’s near solid black voter support. He’s founded a group called the Coalition of African-American Pastors and he and his undetermined sized group are so confident that…