johnson, do you want to get in on this? >> sure. i think whether president obama is better than jimmy carter or clinton is inconsequence. what we are dealing with now is the fact there are a lot of african-americaning to that are looking to for president obama to be the political form of ju does that makes the streets flow with milk and honey. we need to push for the congress and the senate to be sensitive to the needs of the african-americans. there is a lot of work that the community is not doing. us not looking to be able to create fundamental partnerships. there are a lot of the solutions out there that are available that we are not aproemping because we are looking for president obama to wave a magic wand and fix everything. >> larry: let's take a call. linkburg, virginia,hello. >> caller: now they the african-americans have elected the first black president, will that lose appeal in the 2012 election? >> that is what i do not want to see, a decrease. african-american does not elect their first black president. america elected the first black fought be the president of everyone. and we fought for the opportunity to

johnson, you want to get in on this? >> sure. i think whether president obama is better than jimmy carter or clinton is inconsequential.hat we are dealing with now is as we move out of 2009 and into 2010, is the fact that there are a lot of african-americans that are looking for president obama to be the political form of jesus that makes the streets flow with milk and honey. while i think that mark has a point where we need to begin pushing for not just the president but the congress and the senate to be sensitive to the needs of the african-americans, there's a lot of work that the african-american community is not doing. leadership that's disconnected. us not looking to be able to create fundamental partnerships between the public and private sector. there are a lot of the solutions out there that are available that we are not approaching because we are looking for president obama to wave a magic wand and fix everything. >> larry: let's take a call. lynchburg, virginia, hello. >> caller: i was just wondering now that african-americans have elected their first black president, will that lose appeal in the 2012 electi

johnson also create the department of housing and launched the war on poverty. he was in charge of the new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter. ronald reagan came in and actually put the whitdwight in . he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs in the state department. soon after he retired. one story i love about dwight, he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected. they did not have the national security council. he was sitting in on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, the president's historian, very close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, and schlesinger was arguing against it. they got into really heated argument, and after the meeting, dwight went back and tendered his resignation. he peered they would not want him around any longer. -- figured they would not want him around any longer. the funny thing was, during the meeting, who was looking over -- he was looking over and realize that bobby kennedy was watching. he thought he would have to have another career and go into the private

talk about reggie johnson being a big guy, miami missing another big guy they miss dearly, jenn, you have more on that. >> jenn: he's tuning up for the hurricane football field, jimmyham. lined up for the football team, last year was a force inside for the hurricanes all time at miami in blocks. he started a couple games for the hurricane, played in every game this year on the football field. his first three passes all went for touchdowns, interesting transition, one of four former basketball players who switched to football. he switched to graduate school. his eligibility was up in basketball so he could go to another sport to play and another guy who did that, greg from duke and went to syracuse to play point guard. >> mike: can you say tony gonzalez. >> ron: amazing how many basketball players are tight ends. i guarantee he will be in a camp somewhere. corey raji checked back in. he was out most of that run by miami. 5:30 left to play. scott takes it away from trapani. >> mike: a little cross stream right there as scott anticipating a shot over the top. nice weak side defense. >> ron: could make this a three point ballgame or four-point ballgame. they need a goo

johnson also create the department of housing and launch the war on poverty. he was in charge of new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter.onald reagan came in and actually put dwight in charge of shutting down the first federal agency to chullly be shut down in 50 years. not a pleasant task for a civil servant, but he got the job done. he was even kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs for the state department. soon after dwight retired. now, the one story i love about dwight is he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected, and they didn't have the national security council completely done. so dwight was sitting in a meeting on limiting the nuclear test band treaty, and dwight, in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, you know, who was the president's historian, very, very close to the kennedy family. and dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test band treaty and schlessinger was arguing against it, and necessary got into really heated, heated arguments. they got all head-faced and everything. and dwight after the meeting went back and tendered his resignation because he fi

johnson create the department of housing and launched the war on poverty. he was in charge of new federalism for nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter.agan came in and put him in charge of shutting down the first federal agency to be shut down in 50 years. that is not a simple task force of a servant, but he got the job done. he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords. soon after, he retired. the one store parallel d aboutwig -- one story that i love about dwight, arthur schlesinger was in a meeting with him. he was the president's historian and close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the nuclear test ban treaty. they got into a heated argument. after the meeting, he went back and he handed in his resignation. he figured that, look, the kennedys will not want him around anymore. during this meeting, who was looking over? he realized it was bobby kennedy. he said, i am in so much trouble right now. but he went back. in the next meeting, he was invited back. arthur schlesinger was gone and dwight was there. that story teaches us to and courage standing up and speaking with you believe in. there's only one way out of our

johnson also create the department of housing and launched the war on poverty. he was in charge of the new federalism for richard nixon and civil service reform for jimmy carter.ame in and actually put the whitdwight in . he was kidnapped once by colombian drug lords while leading the war on drugs in the state department. soon after he retired. one story i love about dwight, he was in a meeting when kennedy was first elected. they did not have the national security council. he was sitting in on the limited nuclear test ban treaty. in that meeting, arthur schlesinger was there, the president's historian, very close to the kennedy family. dwight was arguing for the limited nuclear test ban treaty, and schlesinger was arguing against it. they got into really heated argument, and after the meeting, dwight went back and tendered his resignation. he peered they would not want him around any longer. -- figured they would not want him around any longer. the funny thing was, during the meeting, who was looking over -- he was looking over and realize that bobby kennedy was watching. he thought he would have to have another career and go into the private sector. actually