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Post by warrior1972 on Apr 12, 2015 5:37:22 GMT -8
Usually, I avoid the subject. But I found this compelling, and so does the Republican Party. Washington (CNN)—Election Night 2014 was more than a landslide win for congressional Republicans -- it was a historic moment for black Republicans in particular. Come January, newly elected representatives Mia Love of Utah and Will Hurd from Texas along with Sen. Tim Scott -- who won election to the South Carolina Senate seat he had been appointed to -- will make up the largest number of black Republicans serving in a single Congress since Reconstruction. Changing demographics -- a growing Hispanic population in particular -- spell trouble for Republican national candidates and the party is eager to broaden its appeal to minorities to help them win the presidency in 2016 and beyond. The key question is whether these three conservative politicians from red states can help woo more black voters to a party that has struggled to attract them for decades. "(Republicans) made black voter engagement a top priority by committing time, talent and resources across the country in pivotal states and urban centers. The midterm results are the beginning fruits of that labor," said Tara Wall, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee, who acknowledged there was still much more work to be done. us.cnn.com/2014/11/28/politics/gop-hopes-new-class-of-black-republicans-signals-trend-data-suggests-otherwise/index.html |
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Post by 101ABN on Apr 13, 2015 18:06:42 GMT -8
I think for more Blacks to move toward the GOP, there would have to be a recognition that the Dems have failed Black America. particularly the Black family. I can't speak for the GOP, not being a party member but I think CONSERVATIVE values of liberty, economic freedom, sound fiscal principles and importance of family can resonate with minority communities although I think identity politics in general is a formula for more divisiveness and partisanship.
Just my thoughts without writing an essay.
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Post by warrior1972 on Apr 14, 2015 3:36:08 GMT -8
I think for more Blacks to move toward the GOP, there would have to be a recognition that the Dems have failed Black America. particularly the Black family. I can't speak for the GOP, not being a party member but I think CONSERVATIVE values of liberty, economic freedom, sound fiscal principles and importance of family can resonate with minority communities although I think identity politics in general is a formula for more divisiveness and partisanship. Just my thoughts without writing an essay. Democrats AND Republicans have failed Black America. Black Americans, like everybody else, vote for whom they perceive to offer the best deal, and always have.
And if you take a look at all minorities, blacks, hispanics, asians and Jews have all voted Democratic in majority numbers. If the Republican Party hopes to change that, the Republican Party will have to cater to these groups. And they are realizing that. I don't disagree with the conservaitve values you have outlined. But I do think that the Republican Party will have to address diversity before they can attract the votes of minority groups in significant numbers. |
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Post by 101ABN on Apr 14, 2015 6:21:58 GMT -8
Again, I don't speak for the GOP but principled leadership isn't about catering.
Republicans lose large when they try to be Democrat Lite.
When they return to the values I listed, the appeal will be broad transcending ethnicity politics.
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Post by warrior1972 on Apr 14, 2015 15:29:51 GMT -8
Again, I don't speak for the GOP but principled leadership isn't about catering. Republicans lose large when they try to be Democrat Lite. When they return to the values I listed, the appeal will be broad transcending ethnicity politics. 101, it's my opinion that our country hasn't had what I call "principled leadership" for about half a century at least, and that the people we have elected (Republicans AND Democrats) have mortaged the country's welfare in favor of "the best government money can buy". It's their agenda or no agenda at all, and far too many times that's how it ends up:
No agenda at all.
And no, I don't expect Republicans to become Democrats. Far from it.
I do, however, expect them to cater to minorities if they expect the minority vote. They will have to at least TALK to those who make up the majority of those votes about their issues, i.e., the moderates, or they will lose elections to those who do.
I see the Republican Party going through a struggle from within right now between those who refuse to do so, a la the Tea Party and it's peers, and those who have the simple idea of at least TALKING to other REPUBLICANS (let alone Democrats) about the issues. The Republican Party has to earn the favor of both Democratic AND Republican moderates (and minorities to win elections. Failure to do so will render them irrelevent. I don't want them irrelevent. I want them to be a viable part of a Two-Party system, the system I favor. Our system was founded on compromise, not wholesale partisan warfare that destroys any and all solutions for the good of this country in favor of the partisan warfare that has carried the day for so long.
And reaching out to the minorities, ALL of them. Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, etc., (and WOMEN, I might add. ALL of those groups are what put Obama in office for two terms, and their power is growing, not shrinking) are demographically showing that they are growing in both numbers and power, and will be part of that changing equation. In the short term, the Republicans are within a whisker of carrying a firm majority in both Houses and the Presidency. It's up to them what they do with it. |
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Post by 101ABN on Apr 14, 2015 15:47:40 GMT -8
I think you are mischaracterizing the Tea Party types.
From where I sit, they are the ONLY Republicans offering principled leadership.
While I don't agree with all of them on every issue, I respect their adherence to the Constitution.
The rest are weathervanes and shift with the winds.
Useless as tits on a bull hog, as my dad used to say.
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Post by warrior1972 on Apr 14, 2015 16:16:53 GMT -8
I think you are mischaracterizing the Tea Party types. From where I sit, they are the ONLY Republicans offering principled leadership. While I don't agree with all of them on every issue, I respect their adherence to the Constitution. The rest are weathervanes and shift with the winds. Useless as tits on a bull hog, as my dad used to say. We'll see, 101. We'll see. |
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Post by 101ABN on Apr 14, 2015 17:34:17 GMT -8
I think you are mischaracterizing the Tea Party types. From where I sit, they are the ONLY Republicans offering principled leadership. While I don't agree with all of them on every issue, I respect their adherence to the Constitution. The rest are weathervanes and shift with the winds. Useless as tits on a bull hog, as my dad used to say. We'll see, 101. We'll see. Indeed we will, Sir, indeed we will. |
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