re: #171 Obdicut

It’s to court more white votes, I believe.

The GOP has done absolutely nothing to try court black votes at all— and in continuing to kowtow to Limbaugh, and with the whole Shirley Sherrod thing, and the ACORN debacle, they really couldn’t be doing more to aggressively say that they don’t want any black votes.

Are you saying the GOP gets more white votes if they abandon minorities? From where would they come?

If anything, I would think just the opposite- if the GOP is seen as sensitive and as a haven for minorities, more liberal voters would be inclined to reconsider their antipathy to the party.