By: J. Madison

J. Madison — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:47:48 +0000

Kouri Marshall, originally from Peoria, Illinois continues to stop fired up D.C. elected officials and have prevented officials in the District of Columbia from getting involved in the Obama for America DC campaign. Marshall, the Campaign Manager, has not engaged elected officials in the day to day campaign operations. Marshall states that “most of the members are under federal investigation, and will not help to re-elect the President, while I’m campaign manager”. Marshall experience includes legislative assistant in the government relations and public policy department of Operation HOPE. M.P.A. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. B.A. in communication from Eureka College, 2005. Marshall was also crowned “King of Eureka College” the first African American male to hold that honor.
Marshall’s staffer’s lacks experience to organize the District. Most campaign staffers are from other states including non-Americans from England and France. There is a lack of visibility and organization in all eight wards. D.C. elected officials are in an uproar because of Marshall’s decision to leave them out of the campaign efforts. Virginia is a key state and Marshall’s efforts to stop the fired up D.C. Elected official and voters will have a damaging impact on the President winning Virginia and remaining in the White House. Is it Marshall or is it Illinois’ decision to freeze out the D.C. Elected Officials and voters? The District of Columbia has more than two-hundred thousand African American voters. Marshall has disenfranchised these voters and their elected officials in this campaign. Marshall’s decision may have a long lasting negative impact on the Women and African-American voters. Marshall disrespected LGBT leaders recently. His campaign strategy may have an negative impact on African-American voters in the upcoming election on November 6th. African-American’s across America may decide to sit this one out. The question is, whether if this is the campaign to elect Kouri Marshall or the campaign to re-elect President Barack Obama!

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