PROMINENT BLACK LEADERS WON’T COMMIT TO OBAMA

When asked if he thought America was ready for an African-American president, Colin Powell said yes, but not necessarily Barack Obama. “He doesn’t have military experience, he hasn’t been Secretary of State and he wasn’t born in the Bronx to Jamaican immigrants,” said Powell. Reverend Jesse Jackson agreed. “I think what’s missing from Obama’s résumé is preacher, civil rights leader and founder of the RainbowPush Coalition,” he said. Reverend Al Sharpton concurred. “Without having been a minister, a civil rights activist or the road manager for James Brown from 1973-80, I just don’t think he’s ready.”