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Roland Martin: Artur Davis 'arrogant as hell' for ducking black media

by theGrio | June 5, 2010 at 6:54 PM
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From Huffington Post:

Rep. Artur Davis’ stunningly lopsided loss in the Alabama gubernatorial primary has been attributed, in large part, to his unwillingness to court the Democratic base and, in particular, black voters, who seemed completely un-enthused by the notion of electing the state’s first African-American governor.

The strains between Davis and the black community, indeed, ran far deeper than conventional wisdom ever held. So much so that Roland Martin, a prominent CNN analyst, syndicated columnist and television talk show host felt compelled to email the Huffington Post a withering critique of the Alabama Democrat for ducking African-American media.

Davis lost, Martin said, because “he was arrogant as hell.”

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