Nancy Pelosi has made much recently of her commitment to stopping the
genocide in Sudan. I am surprised that she did not mention
anything about it tonight. Perhaps she was asked to stay away
from foreign policy–given that that is where Kerry is going. But
it is still a disappointment to the gang here at Passion of the Present.
I would think it also a disappointment to the menbers of
the Congressional Black Caucus. Representative Conyers, in
particular, has been working very hard on getting a peacekeeping force
into Darfur. It would have been helpful to give this issue
some national TV time. But then again, that is what tends to
happen in regard to genocides, especially in Africa.
We will see what happens with Kerry.
BTW Zephyr Teachout is high up in the rafters in the bloggers’
eagles’ nest. I took the night off from actually being in
the hall–last night and night before were great but completely
exhausting, especially when adding in the blogger party after
hours. Nice to see all the old Dean folks, and other
friends!
