Another teensy problem with the Dems strategy on the black vote is is the positive side of the evolving black demographic. Perhaps the best example was from former NBA star Chales Barkley. When he retired home he commented on his Republican affiliation. When Granny chastised Charles for joining the Republicans, in her words, "The party of the rich", Barkley responed calmly, " But Granma, I AM rich!"
For those not caught in the drug/gang inner city trap, the rate of moving on up, at least economically, among blacks is really booming. The Dems will still own this demographic for a while, but more and more successful black voters are pausing to wonder why they allow themselves to be taken for granted by a Party that actively works against the interests of the black winners in this economy.
One black guy I work with is an unabashed Republican. Loves Rush. He told me he got tired of people like the Clintons telling him what to think.
Clarence Thomas
Condoleeza Rice
Colin Powell
Janice Rodgers Brown
Charles Barkley
Lynn Swan
The dam is breaking wide open with black Republicans coming out of the woodwork and the libs cannot stop the flow.
Prediction: 2008 Republican Presidential Candidate will take around 15% of the black vote.
Truth. As more and more blacks realize that the Democrat policies perpetuate their poverty, and prevent their rising above the economic situations which they were born into, the more blacks that will find themselves looking at the Republican Party. And the more they look at our Party, the more they'll realize how much they have in common with the Republicans and how little they have in common with the Democrats.