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Cao’s interest in CBC post could spark clash

From The Hill: Newly elected Congressman’s interest in joining the Congressional Black Caucus will likely encounter resistance.

Jindal on ABC’s ‘This Week’

Continuing in his role as a high profile surrogate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee, John McCain, Bobby Jindal appeared on ABC’s ‘This Week’.

Hanna: Kennedy must introduce race as an issue

From the Concordia Sentinel: Noting the absurdity of Senate hopeful John Kennedy’s latest attempt to hit Mary Landrieu over oil, Sam Hanna Jr. argues that Kennedy’s only hope is to “subconsciously introduce race as an issue.”

Gambit Blog Thinks About Obama in LA

The Blog of New Orleans does some soul-searching about the importance of race issues versus Clinton issues in the upcoming presidential nomination.

Lackluster Turn-Out for Nationalists in Jena

Turn-out didn’t match the hype for the Nationalists, one arrest and another protest ends in Jena.

Things Just Keep Getting Weirder in Jena

The Town Talk updates us on the amazingly depressing goings on involving the continuing weirdness that is the racial hotbed otherwise known as Jena, Louisiana.

Armed Nationalist Movement Plans to Take to the Streets of Jena

Because, well, mixing high levels of emotion with firearms in the hands of a white supremacist group in an already racially charged environment is always a good idea. Right?