Louisiana State Senator Leaves Democratic Party To Become First Black Republican Senator Since Reconstruction

Remember State Senator Karen Carter Peterson of Louisiana? She declared that the reason people oppose Obamacare is because Obama is black. To borrow a phrase from another iconic race theoretician, Jeremiah Wright, the chickens have come home to roost. Today another black Democratic senator announced he was leaving "the party of disappointment and joining the Republican Party.

"Today, the party of disappointment has moved away from the majority of Louisiana. They have moved away from the traditional values of most Americans," he said. "Their policies have encouraged the high teen birth rates, high school drop out rates, high incarceration rates and very high unemployment rates."