country, the president may be struggling once again to find his footing. after the verdict, a muted response. nothing on camera, just a paper statement void of any mention of racial tension. the president wouldn t want to be seen as coming down on one side or the other. but that doesn t mean he won t talk about it in the near future. for now, though, he ll leave decisions about a possible federal case against george zimmerman up to attorney general eric holder. the first african-american to hold that post. randi kaye, cnn, new york. a lot to talk about. with us tonight, charles blow. and cornell belcher. i saw something the president said back in 2009. he said, i m not somebody who believes that constantly talking about race somehow solves tensions. what solves racial tensions is fixing the economy, putting people to work, making sure people have health care and ensuring every kid is learning out there.
struggling once again to find his footing. after the verdict a muted response, nothing on camera, just a paper statement void of any mention of rash tension. the president wouldn t want to be seen as coming down on one side or the other. but that doesn t mean he won t talk about it in the near future. for now, though, he ll leave decisions about a possible federal case against george zimmerman up to attorney general eric holder, the first african american to hold that post. randi kaye, cnn new york. a lot to talk about. with us tonight charles blow, also democratic strategist cornell. he said in 2009 i m not somebody that believes in constantly talking about race somehow solves racial tensions. what solves it is fixing the economy, putting people to work, people have healthcare and making sure every kid is
after the verdict, a muted response. nothing on camera, just a paper statement void of any mention of racial tension. the president wouldn t want to be seen as coming down on one side or the other. but that doesn t mean he won t talk about it in the near future. for now, though, he ll leave decisions about a possible federal case against george zimmerman up to attorney general eric holder. the first african-american to hold that post. randi kaye, cnn, new york. a lot to talk about. with us tonight, charles blow. and cornell belcher. i saw something the president said back in 2009. he said, i m not somebody who believes that constantly talking about race somehow solves tensions. what solves racial tensions is fixing the economy, putting people to work, making sure people have health care and ensuring every kid is learning out there. it s an interesting statement. cornell, let me start with you.
and now with the verdict not guilty dividing the country the president may be struggling once again to find his footing. nothing on camera, just a paper statement void of any mention of racial tension. the president wouldn t want to be seen as coming down on one side or the other. but that doesn t mean he won t talk about it in the near future. for now, though, he ll leave decisions about a federal federal case against george zimmerman for attorney general eric holder. the first african-american to hold that post. randi kaye, cnn, new york. let s bring in nicole rowberg. she s communications for daily caller. and jason johnson political strategist for the defender. after president obama gave a statement on the verdict. he asked the nation to respect the parents calm.