Congressman Emanuel Cleaver

Black Political Thought's Idiot of the Week: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver U.S. Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has said that many Americans are misguided in thinking that a Barack Obama win would settle the race discussion in America. What an idiot! Did Obama ever say that we could settle this over the course of his term as President, if elected? Racism has been so ingrained in the American landscape that it cannot be undone over a short period of time. Like him or hate him, Obama has shown that you... Read Full Story

Race is the last thing that Barack Obama should talk about in his presidential campaign, Emanuel Cleaver II says. As the first black mayor of Kansas City in the 1990s, “it would have been suicidal for me to start some racial justice program,” the Missouri Democrat said last week. And since his election to Congress in 2004, Cleaver has held to the same simple rule: “What you’re trying to do is not get people to think about race.” Read Full Story

From The L.A. Times: The intensity of the struggle was reflected in a recent note on Ickes’ office door happily declaring that three Democratic congressmen were sticking with Clinton — Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey, Gregory W. Meeks of New York and Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri: “Pascrell and Meeks said they were ‘100 percent’ for [...] Read Full Story

Here's a great story reported by CNN that Hillary Clinton supporter Missouri Rep Emanuel Cleaver stated on Sunday's CBC Radio "Sunday Edition": If I had to make a prediction right now, I'd say Barack Obama is going to be the next president," and "I will be stunned if he's not the next president of the United States." Cleaver also said that he would consider voting for Obama at the Convention is the delegate count was still tight between the two candidates. Good job Cleaver... Read Full Story

“The majority of super-delegates I’ve talked to are committed, but it is a matter of timing.” Sen. Claire McCaskill Speaking of super delegates, readers of this blog know that we’ve been less than flattering of super delegate Emanuel Cleaver. Cleaver, who has embarrassingly buck danced and prostrated himself publicly for Hillary Clinton, did something this [...] Read Full Story