We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love, 96 percent of blacks voted for him in 2008. Yet today we are the number one in unemployment, with 16 percent of American blacks out of work.

I've paid my dues. I've earned your votes. Send me.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

Semi-automatic weapons are not just about gun control, they're about national security. You know that these weapons can shoot down airplanes, they can blow up railroads. This is really a whole national security issue.

The crown jewel of Dr. King`s movement was to protect the right to vote for all citizens.

The only justification we have to look down on someone is because we are about to pick him up.

While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough.