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Ever since the of January 1. 1863 during the American Civil War -- when President Abraham Lincoln committed the Union to ending slavery -- the issue of race has bedeviled not just the United States to this day but in recent decades several European countries too as they struggle to assimilate minorities of color in their societies. Progressive-minded parties in Western liberal democracies have long been the home of minorities and immigrants seeking to benefit politically and economically from government policies designed to ease their assimilation into society. Some tangible successes notwithstanding complete assimilation and recognition has often been elusive. As has been true for the Democratic Party since the 1930's -- when African-American voters started to switch their political allegiance from Lincoln's Republican Party to the Democrats as President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs provided economic relief to the poor -- minorities in Britain have long supported the Labour Party for over 50 years. magazine highlights the reason for this reevaluation by certain segments of Britain's minority voters. Some in Britain's Afro-Caribbean community are starting to question their unwavering support for Labour. Is this movement for real or is it a cynical ploy by the Tory Party similar to one often employed in this country by the likes of Karl Rove to sow divisions amongst the Democratic Party faithful? In the run-up to the 2005 general election. I did an antithetical thing for someone of Afro-Caribbean origin. I joined the Conservative Party. I say "joined" but what I really mean is that I "infiltrated" the Tory election campaign in Richmond southwest London. I wanted to find out among other things whether the Tories were as washed up as political commentators said they were. Were they really an archaic ageing movement cast adrift from modern Britain? And with immigration the main theatre of the election how would a nationalistic right-wing party welcome a black hack from across the tracks? In many respects. Afro-Caribbean and African people are tailor-made for the Tory party. It was the Tories who introduced the 1948 British Nationality Act () which gave all members of the Commonwealth the right to British citizenship and kick-started mass immigration into the UK. Despite an open-door policy. Caribbean immigration was at first a trickle with annual figures in the low hundreds. The adoptive country of choice for most West Indians was the US. But following the McCarran-Walter Act in 1952 which restricted entry into America. UK immigration increased steadily. In 1962 my parents arrived from British Guiana (now Guyana). They were classic immigrants: hard-working self-sufficient homeowners. Tailor-made Tories. The diaspora is still culturally conservative. Attitudes toward child discipline abortion and homosexuality are deeply reactionary. A few years ago a poll showed 96 per cent of Jamaicans were opposed to legalising homosexuality. The African diocese of the Anglican Church is now so right-wing that even God feels like a guilty white liberal. But does social and cultural conservatism equal political conservatism? Many of the same themes of social conservatism were discussed at length on these pages during the recent controversy generated by at a gospel concert in Charleston. South Carolina organized by the Obama Campaign. Rather than revisit the controversy you can read the written here on Daily Kos. Suffice it to say. Matthews's article echoes almost identical arguments made here: African-American voters are socially and culturally conservative; they mistrust and reject the reflexive liberalism of the Democratic Party elites; and their churches instill in them conservative (with a small 'c') values that are on the surface perhaps more compatible with the Republican Party. Why then a Karl Rove would argue do they they find common ground with the Democratic Party? African-Americans were unwillingly brought to this country as slaves from several African countries beginning over 400 hundred years ago and suffered unimaginable cruelty and degradation. Deprived of basic political and civil rights for centuries -- until eventual recognition that political power economic power in a democratic system -- compensation for "America's original sin" (white racism) started in this country during the 1865-1877 Reconstruction era when several African-Americans were elected to Congress. See the of African-Americans who have served in Congress since 1868. Beginning with social welfare programs in the 1930s and culminating in the passage of landmark legislation in the midst of the civil rights movement of the 1960's full political and civil rights were restored for African-Americans. In 1969 there were only 9 members whereas today's Congressional Black Caucus boasts 43 members or roughly 10% of the US House of Representatives. Compared to their overall population the numbers for Congress' is even lower. Sadly only three African-Americans have ever been elected to the US Senate since the Reconstruction era -- Edward Brooke (R-MA). Carol Moseley Braun (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL). Only two have become Governors of a state -- Doug Wilder (D-VA) and Deval Patrick (D-MA). The trend is painfully obvious: the higher the political office the greater the for African-American politicians. Should this lack of representation at the highest political levels be a concern and an impediment for Obama's quest for the presidency? I simply don't know. One way polls do not reflect what's on the voter's mind: answering questions truthfully on the issue of race. In past campaigns anytime race was explicitly a factor in a statewide campaigns there was a disparity in the expressed support for minority candidates between pre-election polls and election results. This disparity -- sometimes known as the -- was painfully evident in a number of political races in the 1980's and 1990's. So how much progress have we as a nation made in terms of supporting minority candidates? Ezra Klein writing a month before the 2006 elections while Obama was still considering his candidacy. As black candidates reaching out to largely white constituencies have discovered in the past when it comes to measuring political popularity there are lies damned lies—and polls on which they rest their fate at their peril. The phenomenon was first widely noted in 1982 when Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley lost a squeaker of a race for governor after being widely projected as the winner. Douglas Wilder also came up against the "Bradley Effect" when he barely won the 1989 contest for governor of Virginia after leading comfortably in the polls. Over two decades after Tom Bradley's unsuccessful race for CA Governor. Harold Ford. Jr.'s 3% loss to Bob Corker in the 2006 TN Senate contest more or less reflected pre-election polling. In some respects that would qualify as considerable progress. Even so we may be in unchartered political territory. As has been noted on numerous occasions this is an election of firsts: the first female. African-American and Hispanic presidential candidates on the Democratic side. Add to it the fact that we have the first top-tier Mormon and Italian-American Catholic candidates in the Republican Party. While the Democratic Party has nominated three Catholics as its nominee -- Al Smith in 1928. John F. Kennedy in 1960 and John Kerry in 2004 -- Rudy Giuliani if nominated would be the I often wonder whether Barack Obama's support is overstated. Other than Ford's race in 2006 voters have consistently lied before in past campaigns. To a large degree enactment of laws can change (or certainly minimize) discriminatory practices. But entrenched societal racism has more to do with and those can take decades to change. Victory though would not be easy as you can rest assured that Republicans would rely heavily on their disgraceful history of racial hatred -- as was detailed in. In this era of (perhaps excessive) political correctness some would argue that Obama's historic candidacy transcends race and that the country has matured sufficiently on the sensitive issue of racial politics. Still one must wonder about this question: were Obama to emerge as our nominee. should we expect the Republican Party to play by the when their past political history suggests otherwise? To state the obvious a breakthrough by Obama would clearly be a Britain's experience with minorities tells quite a different story. There the overwhelming number of minority immigrants to Britain were either economic migrants or political refugees following World War II a trend that accelerated in the late 1950's with a large influx of workers from South Asia and the Caribbean countries. Over the decades though improving economic conditions have Following the 2005 British Elections there are currently 15 or roughly 2% minority members (including two Tories) in the House of Commons. You can read more about the comparative history of minority representation in Britain vs the United States in this book by Christina Wolbrecht -- Minority voter participation behavior and support for each of the three major political parties (including the Liberal Democrats) in the 2005 Elections are detailed at some length in. In the United States all of the black members of the House of Representatives are Democrats and virtually all come from majority-black districts. But in European countries there are few majority non-white districts. In many countries members of parliament are elected from a party list by which seats are apportioned according to a nationwide vote total. The result is that minority candidates must appeal for everyone's vote. To change that many minority politicians in Europe say they look for inspiration from the United States where minorities have a larger presence in national and local elective offices. There are differences in history and electoral systems -- the European systems tend to make it difficult for minority neighborhoods to elect minority representatives -- but many minority politicians say the U. S experience suggests that taking their place in European government will be a long process. To go back to my original question: across the pond are the Tories in a position to best represent minorities? Substitute the name Margaret Thatcher with Ronald Reagan or even a post-Katrina George W. Bush and you can determine the uphill task for not only the Republican Party in the United States but for the Tories in Britain says for her it boils down to history: "I can appreciate that Labour isn't what it was and the lack of difference between the parties has caused widespread apathy. But even if the Tories persuaded me they were genuine they'd still have to erase their inherently right-wing past. The name Maggie Thatcher alone is enough to ensure that I never vote Tory." Ipsos MORI examined the voting behaviour of black and minority ethnic (BME) voters after the 2005 election. The findings confirm what friends relatives and colleagues tell me: scarcely more than 2 per cent of Caribbean and African respondents had voted Conservative compared with 80 per cent support for Labour. The report also highlighted the fact that for black people class played a bigger role in voting preferences than in the overall population. In other words so long as the overwhelming majority of black people stay rooted at the bottom of the social ladder those who choose to vote will vote Labour. No black middle class - no black Tory vote. The Democratic Party's championing the cause of minorities -- just like Labour's in Britain -- goes back many decades. Cynical and manipulative appeals notwithstanding in other words economic issues

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opposition party last night declared victory saying it "is ready to take over the reins of government after defeating President Kessai Note." The declaration for what has been called the “worst run” national election in the nation’s history comes despite a final vote count not being expected until shortly before Christmas. Tom Kijiner expected to be the next foreign minister in the new government after unseating an incumbent minister in Note's government said the party “will have to caucus on the matter” at a future date. “We are ready we have the numbers and we have the people¹s mandate,” Speaker Litokwa Tomeing who the week before the election defected from Note’s party to join the Aelon Kein Ad (Our Islands) opposition party said Thursday. Tomeing has declared his intention to revert relations back to AKA party chief and incumbent senator from Ailinglaplap Atoll Christopher Loeak said they’ve formed a new coalition party known as the United People’s Party bringing together the AKA senators. Tomeing and lawmakers previously aligned with Note’s party and independent MPs elected on November 19. Seventeen MPs are needed to form a government in the 33-seat Parliament or Nitijela. “Members of the new coalition have declared victory having secured more than the requisite numbers to form a new government,” Loeak said. Preliminary election results show that the AKA has 15 seats but it remains unclear how many of Note’s party will jump ship to the new group. A returning MP not affiliated with the AKA said on condition of anonymity that discussions are ongoing among “middle of the road” members of both major parties and independent senators to cobble together a coalition that will produce a government able to foster “stability and progress.” Major shifts in foreign policy are expected if the newly announced government takes over in January with the future of the multi-billion dollar government “can stay at Kwajalein as long as it wants” if it agrees to a new $5 billion deal that has been offered. “and I¹ll guarantee a new land use agreement,” said Imata Kabua a paramount chief for But many election details remain to be resolved including close races. Unofficial final results could be issued at the end of next week but there is a 14-day period to allow for challenges and recount petitions before they become official. Four complaints regarding the handling of votes have already been filed by candidates from different parties and more are expected following a poorly managed election on November 19 and the late release of voting results by tabulation officials. Note has ruled for eight years but is not expected to return for a third term. A wildcard in this election is the large number of postal absentee ballots cast by Marshall Islanders living in the which by law cannot be tabulated until next week Tuesday. More than a thousand ballots have arrived to date and could upset the narrow margins of victory from the domestic vote in at least three key races and possibly others. Incumbent Minister Wilfred Kendall was ahead by a mere six votes over AKA candidate Phillip Muller the foreign minister in 1998 when the Another minister is behind by 10 votes while a long-term AKA incumbent is down by 10 at another island results that could easily change next week with the counting of postal votes and could be pivotal to which group has the numbers to needed to form a new government. But Loeak insisted the opposition has the numbers. “The United People’s Party leadership interprets its success in the national election as a victory for the Marshallese people their culture and the Marshallese constitution,” a reference to the Note government agreeing to missile range without the constitutionally-required approval of the indigenous landowners. Loeak said the new coalition government has “a clear mandate from the people to reinstate good governance and the rule of law.” <a href='http://ads iamhawaii com/adclick php?n=ae354731' _fcksavedurl='http://ads iamhawaii com/adclick php?n=ae354731' target='_blank'><img src='http://ads iamhawaii com/adview php?what=zone:10&amp;n=ae354731' _fcksavedurl='http://ads iamhawaii com/adview php?what=zone:10&amp;n=ae354731' border='0' alt=''></a>

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MAJURO. MARSHALL ISLANDS ---- Marshall Islands opposition party last night declared victory saying it “is ready to take over the reins of government after defeating President Kessai Note,” reports Pacific MagazineThe declaration for what has been called the “beat run” national election in the nation’s history comes despite a final choose ascertain not being expected until shortly before Christmas. He expected dress in government could also end the Marshall Islands’ nine-year diplomatic relations with Taiwan now the country's back up largest aid donor behind the U. S. But a number of opposition leaders this week attempted to downplay the possibility of a break with Taiwan. Tom Kijiner expected to be the next foreign attend in the new government after unseating an incumbent minister in say's government said the celebrate “will have to caucus on the matter” at a future date.“We are ready we undergo the numbers and we have the people¹s mandate,” Speaker Litokwa Tomeing who the week before the election defected from say’s party to connect the Aelon Kein Ad (Our Islands) opposition party said Thursday. Mr Tomeing has declared his intention to change by reversal relations approve to China. AKA party chief and incumbent senator from Ailinglaplap Atoll Christopher Loeak said they’ve formed a new coalition party known as the United People’s Party bringing together the AKA senators. Tomeing and lawmakers previously aligned with Note’s party and independent MPs elected on November 19. Seventeen MPs are needed to form a government in the 33-seat Parliament or Nitijela.“Members of the new coalition have declared victory having secured more than the required numbers to form a new government,” Mr Loeak said. Preliminary election results show that the AKA has 15 seats but it remains unclear how many of President Note’s party would jump ship to the new group. A returning MP not affiliated with the AKA said on condition of anonymity that discussions are ongoing among “lay of the road” members of both major parties and independent senators to cobble together a coalition that will create a government able to advance “stability and progress.”Major shifts in foreign policy are expected if the newly announced government takes over in January with the future of the multi-billion dollar U. S missile testing range at Kwajalein atoll at center stage for the new party and China in.

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