Is it time to stop singing yet and start……? Two different views from The Root as to what Obama should do.

The Gandhian in me wants to go here (my huge crush on Melissa Harris-Lacewell pushed to the side 🙂 ), but I don’t want Obama to metaphorically end up like Fannie Lou Hamer getting her ass beaten in jail or James Zwerg—*and* lose! Doesn’t make that much sense. I mean, is the purpose of this “movement” to win (the second Root view I saw) or to make a point?

No wonder Samantha Power was so upset. She knew she was in a street fight, so she did more than block the blows. Maybe when Obama figures out how to negotiate the reality he’s in, next time he won’t be so quick to throw a valued intellect overboard.

And here’s a not-too-unrelated thought: If Obama’s not strong enough to have Power’s back, how will he summon the courage to defend or promote any of our interests, especially after the support (Black)progressives have (blindly?) given him?