Cornel West has been a vocal critic to the Obama presidency, and rightfully so. Obama has failed us. The media likes to frame this as a vendetta against Obama because of a "snub", but don't look at these smoke and mirrors. Obama needs to remember his base, and right now he's not doing it.
From News One: For Black America
Dr. Cornel West is leading a grassroots online community known as the New Progressive Alliance (NPA) in an effort to name a candidate as a primary challenger to President Obama.
West has also teamed with consumer advocate Ralph Nader to bring progressive ideals to the forefront with a challenger to face Obama.
The NPA expects a nominee to fully support the organization’s comprehensive progressive platform ratified in August. Platform tenets include full employment at a living wage, environmental sustainability, social welfare and fair trade.
With the help of Ralph Nader, we WILL find a true progressive that will fight the insane Republicans that Obama will undoubtedly lose to next November.
another article:
Your Black World Reports:
Dr. Cornel West has joined forces with Ralph Nadar in search of a primary challenger to face President Barack Obama in 2012.
Nadar is spearheading a group of liberal leaders to face the incumbent because it is his belief that the president has not followed through on campaign promises and veered too far toward corporate America:
“Without debates by challengers inside the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries, the liberal/majoritarian agenda will be muted and ignored,” Nader said in a statement.
“The one-man Democratic primaries will be dull, repetitive, and draining of both voter enthusiasm and real bright lines between the two parties that excite voters.”
West, also on the steering committee of the New Progressive Alliance (NPA) — an online grassroots campaign conceptualized to oppose Obama by endorsing “an Independent or third-party candidate to oppose both corporatist marionettes in the general election, provided they publicly pledge to run on the Unified Progressive Platform and to govern based upon it when elected — is intent on holding the president accountable for “Main Street” or moving out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
“We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people,” said Dr. West. “His administration has tilted too much toward Wall Street, we need policies that empower Main Street.”
Dr. West has been a consistent fixture in the headlines lately, as he travels the United States with Tavis Smiley on a Poverty Tour meant to highlight the plight of people living in poverty in America.
All of these accusations are true. Dr. West and Tavis Smiley have done more to help and bring about notice to poverty with their bus tour than Obama has ever done in office. Even in Obama's bus tour, he only visited rural "Heartland" areas that were majority white with low unemployment.
We need change. Let us support Dr. West and Nader.