About what you'd exact for Republicans. Another setback for minority outreach 03/07/14 10:18 AM By Steve Benen Even before the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) got underway yesterday, it appeared the right had a diversity problem. Of the 25 confirmed speakers scheduled to take the big stage, 22 are men. What’s more, 19 are white. But the underlying issue looked even worse after the event got underway. Brookings’ John Hudak published a fascinating report. Thursday afternoon, CPAC hosted a panel on GOP outreach into minority communities. The panel included Virginia Senate candidate Ed Gillespie and a panel of Republican political strategists: Jason Roe, Elroy Sailor, and Robert Woodson. The panel delivered a remarkably pointed review of GOP voter outreach (largely its failures) and explained, in very straightforward terms, how the party can (and must) do better. However, the most revealing part of the experience was not what happened on stage, but what happened off stage, and reflects the national electoral struggles Republicans are facing.He tweeted a photograph of a nearly-empty ballroom, filled with empty chairs. I initially thought Hudak had snapped the picture before the session had begun in earnest, but the shot actually captured the attendance 10 minutes into the discussion. In other words, CPAC organized a panel on minority outreach – an ongoing problem for the Republican Party and its base – and few thought the subject was worth their time. Hudak added, “If the attendance pictured above reflects the party’s future approach to diversity outreach, it is probably safe to say that for some the given future, the White House will be a solid hue of deep blue.” In her report, Elahe Izadi added: Some of the marquee speakers at CPAC did tout policy, such as bolstering charter schools, that could garner support from some nonwhite voters. But compared with last year’s CPAC, where a major focus was wooing Latino voters, delving into the main themes of the postelection GOP autopsy report seems to have lost steam. No mention of immigration reform came from major speakers Thursday, with just one panel dedicated to the topic of citizenship. The first speaker to really talk about immigration was Donald Trump. “We’re either a country or we’re not,” he said, when advocating for a strong border. The audience burst into applause.This is no way for a movement or a party to deal with a demographic problem that’s only going to get worse for the right.
Does it surprise anyone that conservative minorities are reluctant to speak out considering the institutional abuse & threats they are subjected to by the left?
Darn David you nearly made me wet myself with that bit of humor. It was humor wasn't it? Really. Republicans don't want to speak out to Republicans because of what "the left" might say? Speaking out is what it's all about. Why else would the gay community be making such huge strides. I guess they have the balls whereas the CPAC folks seem to lack them. How ironic.
Watching Conservatives trying to "reach out" to those who are different than they are is painful and funny at the same time. Kind of like watching Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams trying to smile at Camp Chippewa. They can manage it, sometimes, but it goes against everything in their nature.
I think lil Davy points out exactly the problem the GOP has. It isn't "their" problem, it's the Left's problem. You can't solve a problem you can't acknowledge and they clearly do not see a problem. By all means, go ahead and see this a the Left's problem and keep heading down the path of irrelevancy.
Yes, please. The more excuses they can come up with to justify their not doing anything in this area the better.
As far as I can see, the only high cards the Republicans hold when it comes to at least at two minorities involve religion. RW "traditional" Christian values are in line with those of some Latinos and African-Americans. How much of their religion follows them into the voting booth is I think an open question. On the other hand - They go out of their way to insult and mock and demonize racial and sexual minorities. Republican attitudes here would seem right at home in a 1950s frat house. - They try as hard as they can to make it as difficult as possible for minorities and the poor to vote. I don't see how you attract people to your side by trying to disenfranchise them. No matter how much certain members of the Republican leadership pay lip service to minority outreach and expanding the Republican tent I think that any meaningful moves in this direction would require too much of a shift in their core attitudes toward the people they need to reach out to. The current Republican plan seems to be founded on the continuing support of a white, reactionary and aging voter base. Gerrymandering, and the suppression of opposition voters are used to compensate for the fact that said voter base is getting smaller through natural attrition and increases in the non-white population. An additional factor in Republican thinking seems to be the not at all unrealistic hope that the Democrats will screw up sufficiently, i.e become sufficiently like the Republicans, to cause low turnout among their supporters and maybe swing a few votes the Republican way. All this might work for them in the short term, and even quite a bit longer if they manage to achieve some adjustments in the way the Constitution is interpreted and implemented. Republicans have been pronounced as good as dead before, but they are a long way from that right now. A piece on Think Progress lists ten areas in which Republicans are shooting themselves in the foot. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...-blown-their-own-minority-outreach-strategy/#
For starters; The Right-wing's Problem With Racism He doesn't need it. He could kick your wrinkly old white ass all the back to the plantation you come from. I'm just sayin'. Post by: Moen1305, Jan 6, 2012 in forum: Politics Read more: http://www.partisanlines.com/search/698574/?q=plantation&o=date&c[user][0]=110#ixzz2vOqFkH9I
This is what you meant by, institutional abuse of minorities? I don't see one minority on your list. Or evidence of an "institution". either. Well, there is one minority mentioned or implied. White Southern (old) men. I'll give you that one. But the Republicans already own that minority and they have no inhibitions about speaking out. Rather the opposite. So I don't think it counts in this context.
Besides, I am an old white guy. And I am definitely NOT a minority being in that demographic. I think lil rimmer is confused but he'll never figure it out. He is both sad and stupid.
