[jwalsh07]

The emergence of black conservatives as Republican candidates should be a welcomed development by the party's regular voters.

This regular conservative voter can not begin to tell you how welcome this devlopment is.

[KantianBurke]

"They should not try to outspend or outregulate the party of government just to buy the affection of any voter group."

The author of this piece gets it. How come Bush and Rove don't?

[Humidston]

It causes a media flap every time a Republican president or presidential nominee declines to address the NAACP, for example.

Media flap, my hind foot!

After what the NAACP did to him (dragging death ad), I doubt he'll EVER agree to speak to that group again and I don't blame him one bit. That was a total insult and they deserve to be snubbed - press opinions be damned!

(/rant)

[lizma]

Couple years back I went to a lecture given by a black women from the Heritage Foundation.

She said the foundation was starting to lecture and educate at black churches about the benefits of a conservative government.

If the rats can do it, why can't we?

Sound like a good plan to me. Maybe it's working. Contrary to the rats belief, these people are not stupid.

[Cacique]

GOOD NEWS BUMP

[TheMole]

Hunt was drawn to the Republican Party because of disenchantment with failed social programs and with the behavior of black Democratic leaders.

Well, those are two godd@#n good reasons.

Say, what is a story like this doing in the Journal Constipation? I expect nothing but Cynthia Tucker's Demospew from that source.

[pulaskibush]

"If the party has a message, its leaders can't express that message through inhospitable filters. It causes a media flap every time a Republican president or presidential nominee declines to address the NAACP, for example. "

Getting the black vote can be done by going to blacks themselves and maybe a few organizations. But going before the naacp is like pearls before swine.

Same thing with the hispanic vote and La Raza.

[D. Miles]

Bump