Muscatine

So CNN is saying there will be no blacks in the new Senate. Looks like black America has spoken...as there were certainly black candidates. What's up with that?

The only current (pre election) "black" Senator was Roland Burris, the crook appointed by Blago to fill Obama's seat in Illinois!!!!!   I would say people realized assuring a black in the Senate was not worth retaining Roland Burris!!!!

"GOP diversity: The new House Republican class includes two African Americans -- Tim Scott (S.C.) and Allen West (Fla.). An Indian American woman -- Nikki Haley -- won the South Carolina governorship, and six Hispanics (Florida's Sen.-elect Marco Rubio, New Mexico Gov.-elect Susana Martinez, Nevada Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval, and Reps.-elect Quico Canseco (Texas), Bill Flores (Texas) and Raul Labrador (Idaho) were elected, as well."   I don't know how many Hispanics, Native Americans, or blacks were already Governors or in the Senate or House, and either weren't in a race or were retained.