A Very White Republican Leadership Plans Minority Outreach

[brooklynite]

Buzzfeed:

As the Republican Party gears up to launch a concerted, well-funded outreach effort aimed at attracting elusive minority voters, it's not just battling dismal poll numbers and tough demographic trends — it's working to overcome its own overwhelming whiteness.

There is not a single racial minority among the 20 most senior officials who run the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and National Republican Senatorial Committee — the three wings of the GOP apparatus charged with promoting candidates and winning elections. And a range of former Republican staffers told BuzzFeed that this lack of diversity has paralyzed the party's ability to connect with minority communities.

"If you're trying to court African-American voters, it's much better to have an African-American in the room talking about how these outreach policies are going to be implemented," said former RNC chair Michael Steele, the first African-American to hold that position. "They have an appreciation and understanding of what the issues are, how the language is being interpreted, and what takeaway they will get from your visit."

As they exist now, Steele said, "these institutions are old, they're stale, and they're crumbling. We can either shore them up with faces that look a lot like mine, like Marco Rubio's, like Susana Martinez's, or they can crumble and go to dust."

Let us know how it works out, will you?

[Squinch]

1. This oughta be rich!

[Fresh_Start]

2. Hey at least we'll be able to retire the Reagan quote....

instead of "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'""

we can spread the new truth...
"The new nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the GOP and I'm here to help".

[bluestate10]

3. The Southern Strategy has come back to bite republicans in the ass.

The southern strategy would have bitten republicans in the ass for the last two decades had it not been for Ralph Nader inspired people that voted like damned fools in 2000 then sat out 2004 when democratic office holders couldn't clean up the fucking mess that those voters created. Save for insanity in 2000, republicans would have lost every Presidential election since 1992, my argument is if republicans had lost in 2000, the country would be a much more beautiful place now.