Posted by
Team Turk on Sunday, November 05, 2006 12:57:27 AM
From the Kansas City Star:
At the Peach Tree with Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, she mingled with a supportive lunchtime crowd, such as law student Kea Bird-Riley. Holding her 3-month-old son in her lap, Bird-Riley said she appreciated Talent’s support on things like the Negro Leagues museum and sickle-cell anemia, but added: “I think the minimum wage and stem cells are of equal importance.”
Others discussed the turnout from black communities.
“I think the turnout is going to be good,” Cleaver said. “It is not going to be at a level where we will all celebrate, because apathy in the country is very visible in the urban core.”