RNC to spend $10 million to reach minorities

[The Straight Story]

RNC chairman Reince Priebus announces initiative after 2012 election losses


WASHINGTON (AP) — Reeling from back-to-back presidential losses and struggling to cope with the country's changing racial and ethnic makeup, the Republican National Committee plans to spend $10 million this year to send hundreds of party workers into Hispanic, black and Asian communities to promote its brand among voters who overwhelmingly supported Democrats in 2012.

Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday also proposed shortening the presidential nominating calendar in 2016 and limiting the number of primary-season debates to avoid the self-inflicted damage from inside-party squabbling on the eventual nominee. Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debates and then crowning the nominee as early as June so he or she could begin a general election campaign as quickly as possible.

"Mitt Romney was a sitting duck for two months over the summer," Priebus said of the 2012 GOP nominee.

To help his party ahead of the 2016 contest already in its earliest stages, Priebus said he would be hiring new staffers to build the GOP among voters in the states.

http://www.washingtonguardian.com/rnc-spend-10-million-reach-minorities-0

[malaise]

1. Didn't they spend more than that to stop them from voting in November? n/t

[Botany]

2. But that will not stop the GOP on the national and state levels from spending millions ...

.... on various ways of voter suppression such as paying Nathan Sproul tons to keep
blacks, latinos, students, and other likely democratic leaning voters from voting.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251294749

This is lipstick on a pig.

[marmar]

3. Someone needs to install a clue phone at RNC headquarters.

They just don't (and can't and won't) get it.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Being an RNC consultant

seems like easy business... such suckers for customers.