Shame on the GOP

This is not shocking, but it should be a wake-up call. The GOP has a real problem going forward. The problem is that their message doesn't speak to minorities. There message is not geared toward minorities and even if it were, they do a terrible job reaching out to minorities. This is by no means suggesting that the Democratic party's policies are 100% in favor of minorities, or that it is a no-brainer for minorities to vote Democratic. It is merely to suggest that the GOP has long been able to win elections without appealing to minorities, whereas Democrats cannot. I think that with the changing ethnic makeup of this country, it is going to be increasingly impossible for the GOP to ignore efforts to craft a message that resonates, and actively recruit minority candidates of all backgrounds.

I have never, EVER quoted Al Sharpton before and I only do so here in closing, with pause. What he said at the 2004 Democratic Convention speaks brilliantly to this issue:

"As I close, Mr. President, I heard you say Friday that you had questions for voters, particularly African American voters. It is true that Mr. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, after which there was a commitment to give forty acres and a mule . . . We never got the forty acres. We went all the way to Herbert Hoover and we never got the forty acres. We didn't get the mule, so we decided we'd ride this donkey as far as it would take us."