Election Objection: Is there One Senator Who Will Stand Up for Black Voters?
Tron Nick
Democrat Senators on the Hot Seat...Again
Perhaps the most powerful moment in Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9-11" was the stony silence in the hall of the joint session of Congress as a line of African- American and other non-white representatives stood up and pleaded for just one senator to issue an official challenge to the Florida electoral college delegation and its vote in favor of candidate George Bush. This Thursday, we are destined to have a repeat of that dramatic event. Congressman John Conyers has vowed to challenge the state's delegation to the Electoral College. Under the Constitution, it requires only one representative and one senator to initiate a challenge, which would then mandate an official inquiry into the state's election, and delay certification of the national presidential election results. With so many leading Democrats in Congress and the Democratic National Committee falling over each other calling for a cave-in to Republicans on issues from abortion rights and prayer in schools to social security "reform" and foreign policy, it will be fascinating to see if this time around, somebody on the senate side has the guts to join Conyers in his call for a challenge to the Ohio delegation. [more] and [more]
Will John Kerry Report for Duty? John Kerry may have one more chance to "report for duty." On Jan. 6, after the new Congress convenes, he could join with Reps. John Conyers, Maxine Waters and other members of the House of Representatives in supporting their expected motion for a full-scale investigation of Election 2004, particularly the widespread allegations of voting fraud in the pivotal state of Ohio. One Kerry adviser said the senator may be traveling outside the country on Jan. 6. [more]
Pictured above: U.S. Senator Barak Obama ( D-Ill.). Making history on 1/4/2005 he was sworn in as only the third African American U.S. Senator since reconstruction. Will he stand up and challenge the election results on Thursday?