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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
I would love to hear how those statements make any sense at all in juxtaposition with your statement of "But ultimately political parties respond to constituencies and not the other way around."
Let me guess- if you take every position possible in a debate, then you can't ever be shown to have been wrong...
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Political parties are made of people with passions for particular issues and have joined together to further those passions. The GOP needs to make clear that issues that are important to blacks are welcome under the tent, but ultimately it is up to blacks to choose to do so. Too many of them have already made up their mind when they first see the word "Republican." No amount of outreach will bring such people across the line.
Ironically, their intransigence hurts them with Democrats as well, who take their vote for granted. No other demographic ... not religion, race, gender, or age ... approached the monolithic vote of the black "community" in 2000. A party who can so easily depend on such blind loyalty has no reason to seriously court such a constituency.
For your benefit, in one sentence: there is a responsibility and obligation each has toward the other, but in this case, the larger burden lies with the black "community."