Michael Steele: Maryland's Lt. Governor.
He is scheduled to speak at the RNC - likely on Tuesday night around 9PM. A fantastic orator, a principled man. You absolutely cannot beat the combination Steele offers.
How can we take any candidate series if he cannot take care of his own hair styling?
Actually, I think black Republicans are more likely to win in "white" districts than black.
Armstrong Williams has it backwards here.
The GOP has no need to "get serious" about grooming candidates from any racial/religious/ethnic group that consistently sends about 90% of its vote to the Democrat Party.
The GOP will "get serious" about grooming black candidates when blacks "get serious" about supporting the GOP. As someone else pointed out here, the irony of this issue is that a black GOP candidate is more likely to win in a district dominated by whites than in a district dominated by blacks.
He's right. The Pubbie's talk about a "color-blind" society but they are reluctant to promote black candidates, because they have so many Anglo-guys who lust for public office. A little affirmative action is in order, because most of the time the anglo guys are not much to write home about.
Vernon Robinson.
Why..because everybody knows blacks vote their own color first regardless of issues or characters...and want only to hear the words of one of their own who hate white people and are dedicated to tearing down the America of it's white founding fathers?....
Doesnt America need to cultivate voters (citizens) of better character and work ethic first....
of all colors including white..
I would settle for the GOP just cultivating real honest to goodness 'conservatives'
"The content of a man's character is more important than the (outside) color of his skin"
-paraphrased from Martin Luther King...
What is needed though is a bottom up approach to it with support from the top. The LOCALS matter most. If I want to make inroads in places like Flint and Detroit, the best approach is to use people from there, who know the area, and have credibility there.
We need to start to convince people to go from "I don't vote republican" to "I don't usually vote republican, but he's a good guy" to "I'll vote person, not party".
The Republican party has just such an opportunity today. Will they run with it? Let's watch Illinois and see what happens.
Afro Sheen or Jheri?