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+ FollowWill Red Tails Be a Hit? And: Mitt Romney’s Mexican Cousins
Here it is, political junkies – and, oh yeah, those innocent bystanders on the sidelines who can’t stand politics but can’t help the rubberneck on the pass. Yeah – you.
At the end of every week, Politic365 will present: the TOP 3-6-5. Top stories, people and trends according to the expert, mad minds of Politic365‘s editors, senior contributors, political insiders, strategists and party fanatics. This is a way for you to keep up with what the real talk is in politics. You won’t find it anywhere else.
Anyway, drum roll PLEASE ….
THE TOP 3 STORIES OF THE WEEK
1. The full blown exploration of Mitt Romney’s past in Bain Capital - The Newt SuperPac video “When Mitt Came to Town” — The power of YouTube to drive an ad… Bigger thann Swift Boats or LBJ “Daisy ad?
2. Michelle Obama deals with “angry black woman” stereotype — from a mainstream media perspective, while Black folks have dealt with it behind the scenes forever.
3. George Lucas’ Red Tails - Did his longtime Black girlfriend Melody Hobson increase his sensitivity to allowing African Americans control and star in Red Tails (the exact opposite of what happened in GLORY…)
THE TOP 6 PEOPLE YOU SHOULD CHECK UP ON
1. Larry McCarthy – There’s a rumor that Mitt Romney has hired the architect of the Willie Horton ads
2. Dave Bing – Mayor of Detroit. ’Nuff said.
3. Bettina Inclán - The RNC’S new Director of Hispanic Outreach. Good luck with that.
4. Heather McTeer – for running against Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) in what will be one of the most hotly contested primaries this year
5. Mitt Romney’s Mexican cousins who were featured on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams earlier this week
6. Kevin Daniels – head of the Frederick Douglass Foundation in North Carolina and who will play a key role in the primaries
THE TOP 5 TRENDS AND PREDICTIONS YOU SHOULD BRACE FOR
1. The power of YouTube to drive an ad: Who needs million dollar ad buys when almost a million people have already watched the “Serial Hypocrisy” ad against Gingrich by Ron Paul’s campaign and at least a million will see at least one part of “When Mitt Came to Town.”
2. Is OCCUPY over?
3. Official unemployment numbers will keep inching downward every month, whether they really are or not.
4. Let the Spanish ad wars begin! Cubans out in full force for Romney. Question now becomes: How will Republicans like Reps. Ros-Lehtnin and the Diaz-Balarts – who have stellar records on immigration – defend Romney’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric?
5. $58 million Red Tails will take the # 1 spot at the box office opening weekend. BUT: it won’t break records financially leading to another round of questions about the viability of Black films
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