Obama Charges Rightward, Five CBCers Earn Bush Loyalty Points

by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor A hardcore handful of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members who last week embraced George Bush's Iraq occupation policies, were joined by six others in support of a phony "compromise" over the administration's secret wiretapping of citizens. No sooner was the bill passed than presumed Democratic standard bearer Barack Obama broke a promise, made last year, to filibuster the legislation on the Senate side of Capitol Hill. Obama continues his increasingly rightward orientation, in evidence well before the primary season ended. He recently cut a campaign commercial for a reactionary white Georgia congressman who faces a progressive Black primary election challenger. Five CBC members were among 80 Democrats voting to give Bush virtually everything he wanted in Iraq and Afghanistan funding: $162... [read full story]