I don't think Leonard can be pleased.

Leonard Pitts says he's tired of black voters being used like hardware by the left and the right. He says what black voters need is for the left and the right to approach them with agendas tailored to their concerns. 

Then he spells out some of those concerns. 1) Investment in the inner city -- well, Leonard, if people who lived in the inner city kept their apartments clean and got up and went to work everyday, they would see a whole lot more return on their own investment than they do on the handouts "invested" by our government. 2) Ending the mass incarceration of young black men -- well, Leonard, if young black men quit selling drugs, joining gangs, and killing each other, there would be far fewer of them incarcerated. 3) Fixing schools -- well, Leonard, if black students behaved themselves properly and cracked a book every now and then and didn't paint graffiti on all the school property, the school would probably be in fair shape anyway.

Leonard says there's one thing more aggravating than politicians who don't talk about race, and that's politicians who do. Just what do you want, man?!!

"Race is the real elephant in the room." The Dallas Morning News; September 4, 2012; p. 13A.