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Excellent questions. Let me take a stab.

Should the Republicans change their policies

of course not, I certainly never made that suggestion

Are there no rank and file americans who vote Dem who are "racists"?

Of course there are, espceially in the reverse racism sort of way. As far as you traditional anit-black bigotry is concerned, however, your likely to find more in the GOP camp, and naturally even more behind Buchannan.

You are 100% right that in our very large nation racists attitudes will always exist. I did not say that people were not entitled to these attitudes. Nor did I wish they would disappear.

My argument is actually almost purely political. I am saying that the Republican party platform and values appeal to most Americans. It is the party that represents what most Americans think. The problem is that it has not been inclusive enough to attract those minorities that are making up an increasingly large percentage of our population.

Thus, purging the party leadership of those individuals who have not moved on from an era long-past (during which racists attitudes were acceptable in the GOP) is a very good thing for the party and for America.

Lott is merely a sacrificial lamb.

Purging is difficult without term limits. And for the general population, setting a good example is the best way to improve behavior and change minds.

Republicans out in the hinderland should be very aggressive in putting up a candidate for a primary run against a sitting Senator. (Much like the Club for Growth does) Are you aware of them? They are new, and so far have been quite successful. But you need money to run against a sitting Senator.

Most older americans and political leaders, who actually lived thru segregation, (which most of us who are younger cannot even comprehend, sort of like, beheadings in the town square!), do not believe there can be a return to those days.

I tend to be opptimistic about people, I look at all Americans, even Buchananites, as a vast landscape of differences that make up this country. I don't tend to judge to harshly people in the south, north, west, east, because I have lived everywhere. I think they all deserve to keep their heritage, good and bad, and put it into context. It is their decision.

In what way do you think the Republicans can be more inclusive without pandering? The right cannot lose its attractive attributes such as common sense and logic.

My idea is to concentrate on the inner city schools, in a delicate way of course. (I have been telling my husband since R.R., that we do not live in a vacumn, and the inner city school situation will come to haunt us).

What do you think? Sorry to go on, but this is my soapbox. (one of them)