The Economy: What if Blacks, Latinos and Other Minority Democrats Switched to the Independent Party?

Continuously ignored by local and national elections alike, Blacks, Latinos and other inner city minorities may want to take a page out of Massachusetts and vote for the populist Independent leaning candidate.  After all, that was the same movement that got the hard left Democrat Barack Obama elected as President only a year ago. With an economy well over 10% nationally and currently 18% in New York City alone, Middle class families and minorities are feeling the pressure and finding it harder to make ends meet. In Middle America, the question become more "Do I have enough to feed my family and put gas in the tank to drive into the city to find work?". 
 
In African-American epicenters such as New York City, Chicago and DC, economic hardships are highly uncommon.  In NYC, Prior to the economic meltdown, Unemployment in the African American community was already at 10% and 8% in the Latino community.  In 2010 it stands at 18% unemployment citywide, 23% statewide and if you like numbers check this out; 64% of the African American community is unemployed as of 2008 with many of their jobs not looking to return to their communities and families.  Yet time and time again we hear of promises to bring jobs back, create green jobs, tax cuts for people making below a certain amount.  Lately, what we have seen are bonuses for people making those 100k jobs in the same industries that got us into this mess on the backs of people that didn't have to begin with.  The taxpayers are furious.  More is being taken from them and nothing is being given back. 
 
Regardless, if you're a Republican or Democrat. If you're a minority, regardless of money status, you are considered Americas bastard child.  If Blacks (that vote) whom makes up the US population switched to the Independence Party. You would see major changes in inner cities.  The power is not in how many Republicans show up to the polls, how many Democrats show up to the polls. It's about how many (IND) you can woo.  Independents in America make up 10% of the electorate and are the ones that decide elections. If you cant win Independents, you've lost the race.   Since the late 70s Blacks in inner cities have felt ignored by their political leaders on both aisles. Many blacks are registered Democrats.  So how does 2010 & 2012 look for the people you voted for in the 2008 & 09 elections? Have they been holding up to their half of the bargain?  The next question I pose is what if all minorities switched from being a Democrat and voted for a populist Independent? Independents (like Joe Liebermann of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont) are great at holding up votes on bills if it does not satisfy the populist needs of their constituents.  We can expect a lot of this from Scott Brown of Massachusetts as well.  This is why I think it's time for Minorities of all backgrounds (gays, lesbians, blacks, latinos) to vote Independent, so that they finally get their voices heard and not shoved in the back of all the noise and clutter of issues that frankly doesn't matter to them. 
 
Barack Obama famously quoted as saying "I'd rather be a good 1 term president than a sub-par 2 term president".  Dear Mister President, what if your one term looks a lot like your first year and all of the sudden the same people that voted you into the white house decided to vote against both their democratic and republican congressmen and senators and ultimately voted you out of office for lets say, an Independent candidate that actually listens to the concerns of the people.  What would that concern be? Oh Yeah J.O.B.S!!!! Part of being a good leader is being a good listener and right now you are not being a good leader or a good listener.  Would you be a good listener if you too like many underpaid minorities were left without a job?  Would you be a good listener if you too like many Middle Class families were put out of their homes onto the streets? I hear it gets pretty cold in Chicago ya know.  The Economy is tired of being the side-ho to your Health Care agenda and so are Americans.