Baratunde's America: Whither the Black Republican?

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 20, 2010

May's weekly guest is Baratunde Thurston  - comedian, politics watcher, and web editor for The Onion. He offers his take on the latest news, the media world, and American identity in 2010.   This week: The Rise of the Black Republican.  

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