A former pollster for President Obama wrote in a memo earlier this month that the Democratic party would suffer huge losses across the country unless blacks could be energized to go out and vote. If this is what the Dems are banking on...Surf's up! “African-American surge voters came out in force in 2008 and 2012, but they are not well positioned to do so again in 2014,” Cornell Belcher, the pollster, wrote in the memo, dated Oct. 1. “In fact, over half aren’t even sure when the midterm elections are taking place.” Mr. Belcher’s assessment points to an urgent imperative for Democrats: To keep Republicans from taking control of the Senate, as many are predicting, they need black voters in at least four key states. Yet the one politician guaranteed to generate enthusiasm among African Americans is the same man many Democratic candidates want to avoid: Mr. Obama. Now, Democrats are deploying other prominent black elected officials and...(Read Full Post)