Prof. Cornel West and MSNBC’s Martin Bashir sparred on Bashir’s Tuesday show about President Obama’s leadership. Bashir began the chat by quoting West — who has become a fierce critic of Obama’s, and is part of an effort to mount a primary challenge against him….as saying Obama lacked “backbone” West and Smiley are positioning themselves as the official black critics of Obama so that they can continue to be covered by print, TV and radio media. I think that much of their criticism of the president is based on their lack of access to the WH. They both seem to be petty.
