Former RNC Chair: GOP Needs More Minorities to Win
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
Politics was all shook up in 2008, and not just because an African-American won the White House for the first time. The presidential election cemented the end of the white voter majority and jarred the GOP into a race to win over minorities, especially Hispanics. Former party boss Ed Gillespie reveals that even with 54 percent of the white vote in 2000, George Bush ended up in "a dead-heat election—a tie." And Sen. John McCain lost by 7 percentage points to Obama even though he pulled in 55 percent of the white vote. "It's hard to see a path to the White House that doesn't include us getting a bigger share of the Hispanic vote than 31 percent and a bigger share of the African-American vote than 4 percent," he says, referencing the minority vote percentages that went for McCain.
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You wish Darwood
Hard working Latins,Asians including immigration from (Near East) ALL believe in the importance of tradition, family,hard work,patriotism etc.No,I don't think Republicans will have as much difficulty replenishing their ranks as you seem to hold.
You wish Darwood
Hard working Latins,Asians including immigration from (Near East) ALL believe in the importance of tradition, family,hard work,patriotism etc.No,I don't think Republicans will have as much difficulty replenishing their ranks as you seem to hold.
Daryl
Don't be a coward brother. have the guts to say what you mean.
A large number of Democrats & Liberals see political ideology as the defining issue of race and gender. Black brown or yellow is not a race; to be a real black person you have to be a Liberal Democrat, otherwise you are not really black. To be a female you have to be a Liberal Democrat, otherwise you are not really female.
I will tell you a little secret brother, there were blacks, browns yellows and reds before there was an America or a Democrat. Males and females existed before Liberal idology and the Democratic party.
No brother; I didn't write Obamas speech on the Letterman show; Obama is a brite guy and he figured that one out all by himself.
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