We have lost sight of the historic, integral link between the party and African-Americans,” Steele said. “This party was co-founded by blacks, among them Frederick Douglass. The Republican Party had a hand in forming the NAACP, and yet we have mistreated that relationship. People don’t walk away from parties. Their parties walk away from them. “For the last 40-plus years we had a ‘Southern Strategy’ that alienated many minority voters by focusing on the white male vote in the South. Well, guess what happened in 1992, folks, ‘Bubba’ went back home to the Democratic Party and voted for Bill Clinton.”
We have lost sight of the historic, integral link between the party and African-Americans,” Steele said. “This party was co-founded by blacks, among them Frederick Douglass. The Republican Party had a hand in forming the NAACP, and yet we have mistreated that relationship. People don’t walk away from parties. Their parties walk away from them.
“For the last 40-plus years we had a ‘Southern Strategy’ that alienated many minority voters by focusing on the white male vote in the South. Well, guess what happened in 1992, folks, ‘Bubba’ went back home to the Democratic Party and voted for Bill Clinton.”
This is an obvious truth, though Republicans have long denied it.
Meek's support is almost certain to rise to at least 70% among Democrats and 80% is not unreasonable (Crist won just 14% of Democrats in 2006). A goal of 30% for Meek among independents also seems reasonable (given that many independent identifiers lean and typically vote Democratic). So if Crist holds a third of Republicans, and we assume a party composition that's the average of the three polls, Meek leads by a comfortable margin. On the other hand, flip party composition to match the 2006 exit poll, drop Meek to 75% among Democrats (bumping Christ up to 20%) and you get a Meek-Rubio dead heat. Bump the Republican party ID advantage up a point or two and Rubio wins narrowly. Drop Meek to 70% among Democrats and bump Rubio up to 75% among Republicans and Rubio wins comfortably. One thing becomes clear in all of this: Crist has a hard time prevailing unless he grows his support beyond what he currently receives in a three-way race. And that won't be easy.
Meek's support is almost certain to rise to at least 70% among Democrats and 80% is not unreasonable (Crist won just 14% of Democrats in 2006). A goal of 30% for Meek among independents also seems reasonable (given that many independent identifiers lean and typically vote Democratic). So if Crist holds a third of Republicans, and we assume a party composition that's the average of the three polls, Meek leads by a comfortable margin.
On the other hand, flip party composition to match the 2006 exit poll, drop Meek to 75% among Democrats (bumping Christ up to 20%) and you get a Meek-Rubio dead heat. Bump the Republican party ID advantage up a point or two and Rubio wins narrowly. Drop Meek to 70% among Democrats and bump Rubio up to 75% among Republicans and Rubio wins comfortably.
One thing becomes clear in all of this: Crist has a hard time prevailing unless he grows his support beyond what he currently receives in a three-way race. And that won't be easy.
The investigation found that the Republican Party's national governing body is losing money on its major-donors' fundraising program -- spending $1.09 for each $1.00 raised, according to RNC members privy to the investigation's findings. It typically costs about 40 cents for every dollar raised from donors who give more than $1,000.
Even worse:
The report also notes the party's well-compensated finance chief is getting a percentage of the gross, rather than the net, which sets up a questionable incentive.
The finance chief shouldn't even be getting a cut of the net, but the gross? It's a wonder that Steele still has a job. A Democratic plant couldn't be as effective in trashing the RNC.
Rove added that he's concerned about "empowering an agency" of the government to "peer into" Americans' personal accounts "in order to do with it whatever they want to do." As a substantive matter, I haven't the foggiest idea what Rove is complaining about, but since this isn't even a concern raised by congressional Republicans -- who've been fabricating talking points as they go along -- I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Rove's claim isn't an especially credible one. If he has evidence to back this up, I'm all ears. But let's also note the irony -- Karl Rove is complaining about big government invading Americans' privacy. If memory serves, it was Rove's team that not only embraced and shaped the Patriot Act, but also created a system of warrantless wiretaps with no oversight or accountability.
Rove added that he's concerned about "empowering an agency" of the government to "peer into" Americans' personal accounts "in order to do with it whatever they want to do."
As a substantive matter, I haven't the foggiest idea what Rove is complaining about, but since this isn't even a concern raised by congressional Republicans -- who've been fabricating talking points as they go along -- I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that Rove's claim isn't an especially credible one. If he has evidence to back this up, I'm all ears.
But let's also note the irony -- Karl Rove is complaining about big government invading Americans' privacy. If memory serves, it was Rove's team that not only embraced and shaped the Patriot Act, but also created a system of warrantless wiretaps with no oversight or accountability.
My son was a bit distraught, yesterday, upon finding one of the critters caught in a spider web. It was too late to rescue it, though. He kept saying, "No, no, no!"
The governor of Oklahoma was considering tough new abortion bills Tuesday that would allow doctors to withhold test results showing fetal defects and require women to answer intrusive questions. The results of the questionnaires would be posted online. Women would also be required to have an invasive vaginal ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the embryo or fetus in a third bill passed by the legislature Monday.
The governor of Oklahoma was considering tough new abortion bills Tuesday that would allow doctors to withhold test results showing fetal defects and require women to answer intrusive questions.
The results of the questionnaires would be posted online.
Women would also be required to have an invasive vaginal ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the embryo or fetus in a third bill passed by the legislature Monday.