Matt Bai

August 11, 2008 - 7:40pm

Edwards 'not powerful' enough for New York Times Magazine article

Not to dwell on the afforementioned Matt Bai article on Obama's effect on black politics, but the author mentions something of note on his website.

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August 11, 2008 - 7:24am

Cummings on his father

This weekend, Matt Bai did a piece for the New York Times Magazine on the state of black politics in America, that seemed to focus on the divide between those who came up during and after the civil rights era in America.

And -- probably because there are so few of them still active in politics -- little mention went to those who came up in pre-civil rights America. Those like Rep. Elijah Cummings' father, whose reaction to his son's special election victory is recounted here.

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