Where are Tavis and Cornell?

Since the Trayvon Martin case broke, there has been an eerie silence from two of our most famous and vociferous talkers.  I've seen Sharpton, he's actually in Orlando with the Martin family although his mother passed away this morning.  You already know Jesse is going to show up.  Joe Madison, of XM Radio's the Power is down there for the rally tonight in Sanford, FL.  Many luminaries are probably going to show up tonight.

In the build-up around the case, there are two voices that I have yet to hear.  Where the heck is Tavis Smiley?  Where is Rev. Cornell West?  Is this issue beneath them because the young man's father lives in a gated community and not in "poverty"?  Will they pull up in the "poverty" bus?  Does anyone else find it interesting that they criss-cross the country on a luxury bus while talking about poverty?

They have been silent.  They may rattle their cages if the Obama administration doesn't send Eric Holder down there to totally violate federal jurisdiction...which would create a severe problem, according to Melissa Harris Perry, in terms of voting and perception among southern voters that already despise "big government".

Tavis, Cornell...where are you guys?  Maybe this will be a topic at another one of the talk-a-thons forums that offer more criticism than solutions.  I'm just wondering where they are and if they have as much to say about this as they do about the President.