Intro: A Missouri State Representative said the close presidential race means Missouri is slowly shifting toward liberals.
Laura Nichols has more from Jefferson City
Representative El-Amin said Obama's victory showed him that his son could be a Presidental candidate in 2042.
Reporting from the Capitol, I'm Laura Nichols
Laura Nichols has more from Jefferson City.
Representative Johnson said the lack of movement to get a black leader in the State House and State Senate seat goes along with Obama's failure to receieve Missouri's eleven electoral votes.
She said Missouri has always been fairly conservative.
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Description: "It takes a willingness to sit down and discuss the issue openly. I think part of the issue with race and politics is that nobody wants to discuss it. You know, it's like the pink elephant that's in the room and everybody just keeps walking around it." |
Representative Johnson said Obama's election to the highest office will hopefully open up honest talk in Missouri and encourage more blacks to run for state-wide offices.
Reporting from the Capitol, I'm Laura Nichols
Intro: A Missouri State Representative said Missouri's mindset has changed because of the presidential election.
Laura Nichols has more from Jefferson City
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Description: "We longer have to worry about if a black person that runs or a black person that would go for anything that he would be held out because of his race. So I think that in itself indicates that shatters that theory that hey I can only do A B C or D. Now I can do anything. |
Representative Hoskins said he believes some black people will now run who in the past considered it unachievable.
Reporting from the Capitol, I'm Laura Nichols