Rep. Tubbs Jones criticized again for support of Clinton

The Call and Post, Cleveland's black newspaper with a small but loyal following, criticized Cleveland Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones this week for her ongoing support of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over rival Barack Obama, the first black presidential front-runner in history.  It's a criticism Tubbs Jones has faced before from the paper, constituents and black leaders who support Obama. The paper only lightly acknowledges Tubbs Jones' loyalty to Clinton and admonishes her to "come home" and mend fences with "the vast majority of her constituents, this newspaper and virtually every black preacher in town." Despite losing Ohio, Obama beat Clinton 70 percent to 30 percent in the 11th Congressional District, which includes the city's heavily black East Side. The paper, which is owned by boxing promoter Don King and influenced by Cleveland NAACP president George Forbes, overreaches a bit by suggesting Tubbs Jones will be an ineffective leader in Congress unless she comes out for Obama. The paper argues that she's alienated herself within the Democratic Party hierarchy. [MORE]