I keep hearing african americans talking about obtaining increased influence in the democrat party, democrats ,democrats,democrats... yet there is another mainstream party that is completely disregarded and if you don't like how it behaves join it and change it, because the only AA's really joining the republican party right now are careerists who do not give a single fukk about their own people and are exploiting their minority status in that party to get ahead and be coddled on the way up.
If the democrats continue thinking they don't need to work for your vote , you are not going to get the representation you want ,and that means nothing will ever change. Forget about a third party, both parties are so rich and are sodden with so much wealth and media connections it is a non starter. Make the democrats work for your vote. And hillary and bill showed their true colours back in 2008 during the primaries , even when Barack got the nomination, you had Bill going on media networks talking up and defending Palin!Hillary also made a point of refusing to attack Palin when the Obama campaign initially was threatened by the bounce in the polls mcain got after he picked Palin and asked her to intervene , she cited her feminist principles, ... if you know hillary clintons very nasty history when it comes to female rape victims as well as the women who accused bill of various lechery ,she is no feminist and she has no principles . In fact some in hillarys camp voted for Palin out of sheer spite.