Reagan's unlikely heir

The profile that started it all is available at the City Journal. Steve Malanga paints a colorful portrait of Reagan's unlikely heir, who bills himself as "Jesse Jackson's worst nightmare":

I am not just an economic being. I have a wider set of beliefs that I follow. With me, you’ll always know what you are getting. You’ll always know where I stand.

This detailed biography maps out Blackwell's life as follows:

Born in the projects of Cincinnati to a meat-packer who preached the work ethic and a nurse who read to him from the Bible every evening, Blackwell has rejected the victimology of many black activists and opted for a different path, championing school choice, opposing abortion, and staunchly advocating low taxes as a road to prosperity.

Read about the raging opposition, both GOP and DNC, as well as the hard road he has traversed, is traversing and will traverse on the path to a Republican primary victory.

One note of criticism: Malanga leaves out any mention of Blackwell's Gold genes; but you alredy knew that having read this blog.


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