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...observers, there is a pronounced sense that Obama's advisers have consciously distanced themselves from older black leaders who might galvanize prospective voters - especially in the many impoverished black communities where there is no tradition of voting as an obligatory civic duty. Ronald Walters, director of the University of Maryland's African American Leadership Center, says, "You can't send young volunteers into the hollows of Alabama, Mississippi and Florida with BlackBerries, reaching out to black voters, and expect them to do the same kind of job. If people knew Jesse [Jackson] or Al [Sharpton] was coming, thousands would come...
...this should, theoretically, lay the groundwork for more black Democrats to follow Obama's lead in the future. But some cautious observers worry that an Obama loss would set a catastrophic precedent. The message will be, says Walters, the Maryland professor, "If you can't elect a black person for President in this atmosphere, where all the indicators point to the Democratic Party, including the economy...
Jhaveri graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland at College Park in 2007 after completing a double B.S. program in computer science and finance. His past work experience includes a position as senior software engineer at Corporate Zen. Currently, Jhaveri is working to develop an information technology system to help doctors and patients manage chronic illnesses, a reflection of his interest in healthcare technology...
...wife Minal live in Silver Spring, Maryland, with their dog Winslow...
...improve upon the status quo: Congress should vote to make Election Day—that is, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November—a federal holiday. This is no new idea: Election Day is already a holiday in states such as Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. The idea has even been contemplated on the federal level, too. In 2005, Michigan Representative John Conyers proposed the establishment of “Democracy Day,” a holiday that would fuse Election Day and Veterans Day in order...