Rep. Marcia Fudge on Obama Re-elect: "He needs to get with the people more"

[wyethwire]

From a recent interview with Congresswoman Marcia Fudge

http://drjasonjohnson.com/2011/12/19/jason-johnson-interviews-congresswoman-marcia-fudge/

Johnson: As the only African American Congressperson in the state of Ohio you’re unofficially the head of Black politics and a key part of Obama’s campaign there in 2012. What do you think Obama needs to do win Ohio, and especially to win Black voters?

Fudge: First I want to say that I am 100% behind the president. But, the first thing I would tell him or his handlers is to commit to Ohio early. Don’t wait until a couple of weeks before the election to show up. I’d tell him to make sure that his team is willing to work with local people here in Ohio who know what’s going on and how things work here. He also needs to get with the people more. It’s fine to show up in Columbus and Strongsville (a western suburb of Cleveland) but he needs to get with the people more. Shore up his base. That’s what I would tell him.

Johnson: Why doesn’t he do that more often? Do you think he doesn’t know any better or is it the people he’s working with?

Fudge: I really think his advisors do him a disservice. Those advisors don’t really know the community well.

[JDPriestly]

1. Rep. Fudge is so right.