Reply #3: All of us. [View All]

[MADem]

At least, that's the Seattle Times' take. I kinda agree with them:

Martin Luther King Jr. was more than a dreamy myth. The slain civil-rights leader was a powerful tug on the nation's conscience, so much so that 40 years after his death, turf battles linger over his legacy.

Jostling for the King mantle is a misguided exercise.

King's legacy was inherited by us all, and with it the obligation to make good on its many ideals.

This is worth remembering as we move through a presidential campaign rare in its unhidden theme of race and gender. Sen. Barack Obama, a black man with strong presidential prospects, carries part of King's legacy. So, too, does Sen. Hillary Clinton.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004133326_mlked21.html