Leading Conservative African American Newspaper Columnist Says Americans Should Consider Liberal Policies of Obama Before Electing Him

There are many opinions expressed by newspaper columnists about Democratic Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama-some positive some negative. One conservative African American newspaper columnist believes it is about time to not focus on the color of Obama's skin but his policies, and Ken Blackwell, the former Republican Secretary of State in Ohio and candidate for governor in 2007, believes if people do they will see the liberal Obama would not be the best person to President of the United States. Ken Blackwell is a columnist for the New York Sun.

In his column, Blackwell noted that in the Presidential election in November Americans will either elect the first African American President, the first woman, or the first man to be older than 70 when elected. He says it is not important to talk about skin color or gender when choosing a President, but it is important to consider issues and where candidates stand. For that reason, he believes Americans should take a closer look at Illinois Senator Barack Obama before they consider choosing him to be the leader of the free world.

He says that while some believe Obama to be the next John Kennedy, he is instead the next George McGovern. Blackwell believes that Obama is not the best choice to be President, because he is the most liberal member of the United States Senate, even more liberal than Hillary Clinton or Ted Kennedy. He believes he holds dangerous views about foreign policy and that his only idea for every domestic problem is to raise taxes.

Blackwell notes that Walter Mondale as a presidential candidate threatened to raise taxes and he lost. George McGovern promised to cut our military budget in a huge way, and he lost. Michael Dukakis offered a liberal domestic agenda, and he was not elected. He says Obama offers all of those ideas and is ahead in the polls because the press is treating the Presidential election as a beauty contest and is not focusing on issues.