A good friend points me toward former Republican Charles Barkley's convention interview, where the basketball star shows he's ready for his long-rumored run for the Alabama governorship:
CNN.com: What do you think the Democrats need to do here to win the White House?
Barkley: I think they've got to just make sure to get those troops home from Iraq, that's a big deal. But No. 1, we've got to give poor people a chance. America is divided by economics, and we as Americans, we've got to do a better job of supporting poor people. ... We've got to improve the public school system. If you're born in this country poor, whether you're white or black, you're going to be born in a bad neighborhood; you're going to go to a bad school. It's going to be very difficult for poor people to be successful.
UPDATE: See Steve Benen and Think Progress for more Barkley wisdom.
--Tim Fernholz
