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"Too bad the GOP couldn't convince Reggie White to run for that House seat. Maybe he could be talked into running for Bill Frist's Senate seat in 2006."

As a Tennessean, I can tell you that ain't gonna happen. Both Reps. Marsha Blackburn and Zach Wamp are interested in the seat and it will probably go to one or the other. Harold Ford, Jr. will probably demand he be coronated after "gracefully" stepping aside in the last Senate race.

"The fact that the GOP gave very little support to Ron Greer's Congressional campaigns was an outrage. If the GOP wishes to embark on minority outreach, then it ought to provide serious support to African-American candidates."

It was an outrage, but I don't think that was an ideal seat for Greer to have run in. He was obviously not the Scott Klug-type of Republican that can win there. That was one reason why the GOP didn't loosen its pursestrings. I was similarly annoyed we didn't provide enough support to Lynette Boggs-McDonald in NV House-1, she was a much stronger candidate.

{It was an outrage, but I don't think that was an ideal seat for Greer to have run in.}

The WI-02 is definitely hostile terrain for Pubbie. After all it's Madison, the Berkley of the Dairy State. I guess I am sympathetic toward Ron Greer. He was an excellent fireman who lost his job to the Thought Police. When he ran for Congress in 1998, the RINOS torpedoed his candidacy. I am also upset that the white "religious right" failed to rally around him. Our apathy toward African-American conservatives in need, makes blacks wary of GOP outreach efforts. We need to stand with our African-American brethren.

FYI in September 2002, I attended a martial arts convention in Chicago. I happened to meet a couple of white liberals from Madison. We ended up talking about Ron Greer. The liberals had no flattering things to say about him or Reggie White. They even referred to them as a "dumb n_gg_rs. I was shocked at their attitudes. So much for liberals being enlightened on racial matters.