Sasha Obama Respects the Power of Diversity More Than Ohio Gov. John Kasich

It's good to be the king ... and it ain't bad being the First Daughter either! I see that 9-year old Sasha Obama was able to practice her fledgling Chinese with China president Hu Jintao during his visit to the White House earlier this week.

Chinese isn't a language that we had available on the school menu back in the day when I was in school ... and I don't think that my young 'uns here in the Ohio public school system have that as an option either...

...of course, our highest elected officer in Ohio doesn't go in much for diversity when it comes to languages or the people he works with. Newly-elected Governor John Kasich has managed to pick almost two-dozen people to his cabinet ... and he only wanted to work with other white folks. He hasn't selected any people of color to serve in his cabinet. You have to go back to the pre-Civil Rights days of the 1950s to find an Ohio governor who was that afraid of Black or Brown people.

Elections have consequences ... and Black people are about to learn what it means when people like Kasich and Speaker John Boehner get into office. These are folks who don't seem to want to be associated with African Americans in their workplace.

We need to keep a close eye on these folks over the next couple of years ... and I need to learn a few words of Chinese in case I ever run into young Sasha!

Diverse Blogger Pool Selected for 2008 Democratic National Convention

It turns out that a record number of blogs will receive credentials for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. And it appears that the DNC leadership took time to consider the issue of diversity in this round of selections.

I am very proud of the African American bloggers who raised the red flag when the State Bloggers Corp was announced earlier this month. I am very proud of the private discussions and the very public discussions that allowed the DNC to correct a potential controversy from extending further into the summer. The end result is that our powerful politically-based Black bloggers in the afrosphere will be connecting the rest of us to the sights and sounds of a truly historic event in Denver later this year.

Never before have blogs been included in such strong numbers and provided with resources that will enable them to be the eyes and ears of so many at the Convention.

The following blogs have been credentialed:

1. 2008 Democratic Convention Watch - http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/
2. 43rdStateBlues.com - http://43rdstateblues.com/
3. AFL-CIO NOW Blog - http://blog.aflcio.org/
4. African American Political Pundit (BBR #87) - http://aapoliticalpundit.blogspot.com/
5. AMERICAblog.com - http://americablog.com/
6. Asian American Action Fund Blog - http://aaa-fund.com/
7. Badlands Blue - http://badlandsblue.com/
8. Bagnews Notes - http://bagnewsnotes.com/
9. Beliefnet - http://beliefnet.com/
10. Bitch Ph.D. - http://bitchphd.blogspot.com/
11. Blogger News Network - http://bloggernews.net/
12. Blogging For Michigan - http://bloggingformichigan.com/
13. BlogHer - http://blogher.com/
14. Blue Hampshire - http://bluehampshire.com/
15. Blue Indiana - http://blueindiana.net/
16. Blue Jersey - http://bluejersey.com/
17. Blue Mass. Group - http://bluemassgroup.com/
18. BlueGrassRoots - http://bluegrassroots.org/
19. BlueNC.com -http://bluenc.com/
20. BlueOregon -http://blueoregon.com/
21. Buckeye State Blog - http://buckeyestateblog.com/
22. Burnt Orange Report -http://burntorangereport.com/
23. Calitics - http://calitics.com/
24. Campus Progress - http://campusprogress.org/
25. Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis -http://divasblueoasis.blogspot.com/
26. Change to Win -http://changetowin.org/
27. Colorado Confidential -http://coloradoconfidential.com/
28. Cotton Mouth Blog -http://cottonmouthblog.blogspot.com/
29. CracktheBell.com -http://crackthebell.com/
30. Crooks and Liars -http://crooksandliars.com/
31. culturekitchen -http://culturekitchen.com/
32. Daily Kingfish -http://dailykingfish.com/
33. Daily Kos -http://dailykos.com/
34. Dallas South Blog (BBR #84) -http://dallassouthblog.com/
35. DCist.com -http://dcist.com/
36. Democracy Arsenal -http://democracyarsenal.org/
37. Democracy for New Mexico -http://democracyfornewmexico.com/
38. Democratic Party of the U.S. Virgin Islands -http://groups.yahoo.com/group/democratvi
39. Democratic Underground -http://democraticunderground.com/
40. Democrats Abroad Argentina -http://yanquimike.com.ar/
41. DemoOkie -http://demookie.com/
42. Digby's Hullabaloo -http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/
43. Disaboom.com -http://disaboom.com/
44. Doc's Political Parlor -http://politicalparlor.net/
45. DoubleSpeak -http://doublespeakshow.com/
46. Eschaton -http://atrios.blogspot.com/
47. EverydayCitizen.com -http://everydaycitizen.com/
48. Fired Up! -http://firedupmissouri.com/
49. Firedoglake -http://firedoglake.com/
50. Florida Progressive Coalition -http://flaprogressives.org/
51. Future Majority -http://futuremajority.com/
52. Georgia Politics Unfiltered http://georgiaunfiltered.blogspot.com/
53. Green Mountain Daily -http://greenmountaindaily.com/
54. Grist Magazine -http://grist.org/
55. Group News Blog -http://groupnewsblog.net/
56. HispanicTips.com -http://hispanictips.com/
57. HorsesAss.org -http://horsesass.org/
58. HummingbirdMinds Blog -http://hummingbirdminds.blogspot.com/
59. iLind.net -http://ilind.net/
60. Indianz.com -http://indianz.com/
61. Jack and Jill Politics (BBR #9) -http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/
62. Jusiper -http://jusiper.blogspot.com/
63. Keystone Politics -http://keystonepolitics.com/
64. KnoxViews -http://knoxviews.com/
65. Las Vegas Gleaner -http://lasvegasgleaner.com/
66. Left In Alabama -http://leftinalabama.com/
67. Left in the West -http://leftinthewest.com/
68. Michigan Liberal -http://michiganliberal.com/
69. Minnesota Monitor -http://minnesotamonitor.com/
70. MOMocrats -http://momocrats.typepad.com/
71. My Left Nutmeg -http://myleftnutmeg.com/
72. MyDD -http://mydd.com/
73. New Nebraska Network -http://newnebraska.net/
74. NewsOne.com - http://newsone.com/
75. No Rest for the Awake -http://minagahet.blogspot.com/
76. NorthDecoder.com -http://northdecoder.com/
77. Obsidian Wings -http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/
78. Ohio Daily Blog -http://ohiodailyblog.com/
79. OliverWillis.com (BBR #5) - http://oliverwillis.com/
80. Open Left -http://openleft.com/
81. Pam's House Blend (BBR #2) -http://pamshouseblend.com/
82. Political Base -http://politicalbase.com/
83. Political Wire -http://politicalwire.com/
84. PoliticalLunch.com -http://politicallunch.com/
85. PolitickerNJ.com -http://politickernj.com/
86. PoliticsOnline -http://politicsonline.com/
87. Pop and Politics -http://popandpolitics.com/
88. Prairie State Blue -http://prairiestateblue.com/
89. RaceWire (BBR #75) - http://racewire.org/
90. Raising Kaine -http://raisingkaine.com/
91. Raw Story -http://rawstory.com/
92. Rhode Island's Future -http://rifuture.org/
93. Room 8 -http://r8ny.com/
94. Rum, Romanism and Rebellion -http://rumromanismrebellion.net/
95. RuralVotes -http://ruralvotes.com/thefield
96. Scholars & Rogues -http://scholarsandrogues.com/
97. Seeing the Forest -http://seeingtheforest.com/
98. Sepia Mutiny -http://sepiamutiny.com/
99. SquareState.net -http://squarestate.net/
100. Talking Points Memo -http://talkingpointsmemo.com/
101. TalkLeft -http://talkleft.com/
102. Taylor Marsh -http://taylormarsh.com/
103. The Albany Project -http://thealbanyproject.com/
104. The Center for Emerging Media -http://centerforemergingmedia.com/
105. The Iowa Independent -http://iowaindependent.com/
106. The Natchez Blog -http://natchezms.blogspot.com/
107. The Seminal - http://theseminal.com/
108. The UpTake -http://theuptake.org/
109. The Utah Amicus -http://utahamicus.com/
110. The Washington Independent -http://washingtonindependent.com/
111. Think Youth -http://thinkyouth.org/
112. Thought Theater -http://thoughttheater.com/
113. TommyWonk -http://tommywonk.blogspot.com/
114. Tondee's Tavern -http://tondeestavern.com/
115. Towleroad -http://towleroad.com/
116. Turn Maine Blue -http://turnmaineblue.com/
117. Under The Dome.com -http://underthedome.com/
118. Uppity Wisconsin -http://uppitywis.org/
119. USAmerica Vota '08 -http://usamericavota08.blogspot.com/
120. VivirLatino.com -http://vivirlatino.com/
121. West Virginia Blue -http://wvablue.com/
122. What About Our Daughters? (BBR #16) -http://whataboutourdaughters.com/
123. Working Life -http://workinglife.org/
124. Zennie's Zeitgeist -http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/

Any thoughts as you see this list of bloggers represented at the 2008 National Democratic Convention?