So what does this have to do with the nomination and the presidential election process? Well, it was said that Toni Morrison called Bill Clinton the "first black president" and she did but it was taken out of context. In "10 Questions for Toni Morrison", TIME magazine she explains her remark.

Just remember Jack White of TIME magazine said he called Bill Clinton the "first black president" and he says as much in piece called Thanks, Toni but I got this on the THEROOT.

One of my favorite books is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. She had me rolling on the floor with Milk Man and his sisters. Essentially, Milk Man was trying to find his identity. He went through the process through his families history. The fourth answer and question are my favorite in this piece.

It was about 10:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings time when Indiana was called for Sen. Clinton. She won according to most of the MSM 51% to 49% or about 22,000 votes over her Democratic rival Sen. Obama.

Gary in Lake County, Indiana was the site of the last votes to come in. The MSM was droning on about this mysterious place. They often used the proximity of Chicago as if Gary was just a urburb of Chicago. It is close but it has it's own identity.

While all of this was going on, I faintly remembered that Gary was the site of one of the first modern black conventions. The convention was held to focus the black community on issues which are important our community. Just imagine a less covered State of the Black Union held every year by Tavis Smiley. These are the little gems that get lost in the over sanitized MSM.

On 10–12 March 1972, several thousand African Americans gathered in Gary, Indiana, for the National Black Political Convention.  The convention pulled together a cross section of people representing a wide range of political philosophies.  Held at Westside High School, the event brought together Republicans, Democrats, nationalists, Socialists, and independent

Gary, Indiana is near and dear to political junkies like myself. If only I was old enough to attend one of these community building conventions.

O.K., I admit it. I am caught up in the "horse race" aspect of the Democratic nominating process. Nevertheless this past weekend, a stark and cold reminder hit me as I watched Antonin Scalia do a media tour on 60 minutes on Sunday and Tim Russert's Show the day before. I had to step back and take a look at the big picture. The Supreme Court hangs in the balance. There are members of Supreme Court getting along in age and the next person elected president will have the privilege of nominating the successors in and of that august body.  There are a myriad of domestic issues which forces me in on the process like a laser beam.

In my effort to focus on the domestic issues like nominating the next Supreme Justices, I sometimes forget that there are implications in regards to our foreign policy. It is easy to forget because our media does such a terrible job focusing on non-issues like church, pastors, flag pins, personality quirks and other rubbish. I just want to know that the next person doesn't have an itchy trigger finger when it comes to War, whether this individual will tell me the truth even when it doesn't suit my needs and will promote the general welfare of this country.

Earlier today, I was hungrily reading the conservation about foreign affairs on TPM.  I really enjoyed the discourse on this country's place in the world. What role will United States play in a world full of emerging powers like China, India and perhaps Brasil? What is our relationship with Russia; is it the same or will have to change? That was the tenor and tone of the discourse. After reading these  exchanges, I had to recalibrate my focus to include foreign policy. If gas and oil prices are a domestic concern then surely it is a foreign policy concern?  I think we tend to react to gas and oil prices instead of being proactive.  As chance would have it,  I was reading my daily dose of the Politico and I found this little gem or diamond in the rough of a story on Reuters. What does it portend or does it portend anything?