Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Connerly Cashes In
This was supposed to be a banner year for Ward Connerly, the former University of California regent and the Right's most visible anti-affirmative-action activist. But Connerly's plans are unraveling.
His biography is absent from most stores and barely registered in conservative book clubs. His second book is mysteriously delayed. His ballot ambitions were scaled back, first from 10 states to five. Then legal challenges and organized opposition winnowed the tally down to just two.
But don't spend too much sympathy on Ward Connerly. The Right's point man on affirmative action doesn't need political successes to be a success. As an activist, Connerly has made millions opposing affirmative action. As a businessman and consultant, he has also made hundreds of thousands in large part because of it.
To read the American Conservative article click here.
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