But Rev. Jackson has not responded. He would not stand with me on these issues. Most recently, I supported the campaign to call a constitutional convention in New York, specifically for the purpose of giving voters the right to statewide initiative and referendum. Rev. Jackson and all the liberal Democrats opposed it. And one can't help but conclude that because these reforms open up the process for all, and not just for the Democratic Party, that he is loathe to support them.
Some Black leaders have.
Congressman John Conyers of Michigan was the original sponsor of my ballot access reform bill. Congressman Charles Rangel challenged the FEC's harassment of me. Even Rev. Jackson's son, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., drafted a resolution earlier this year repudiating the Commission on Presidential Debates exclusionary criteria. Rev. Jackson's agenda is all too clear. He is for fairness, when it benefits a white hotshot from Tennessee.