She’s from Oxford, so she can’t get tagged with being a Memphis suburban candidate. I’m loathe to admit it, but I have to wonder if her race might harm her here. The district has a fairly high (27%) Black population, and there is polarization here (at least one rural White Dem county which hadn’t gone GOP in recent memory clearly did so because you-know-who was the Presidential nominee, while conversely some marginal counties went to Zero precisely because he ginned up Black turnout).
If she got the nomination, I’d hope some of the more racist-minded Whites would see that she’s not of the Jackson ilk of Black politicos (read: Bennie Thompson), and give her their consideration. Then again, I’d expect her to have more problems getting Blacks to vote for her, as they haven’t shown that much more interest in Republicans in some of these Southern districts. Of course, if she could crack 25% of their vote, that would be enough to overcome any problems on the GOP side.
It would be nice to see in the upcoming Congress some breakthroughs with Black GOP candidates, especially ones who can forcefully present a Conservative message. Lacking them is partly why we’ve had so much trouble with getting more than 10% of the Black vote. The more we elect, the more the message is heard and the party becomes less seen as the party of White folks and viewed as the party of opportunity for all races, the more we get to critical mass with having an excellent representation in office from top to bottom across the country and breaking the one-party monopoly, as it should be.
Amen. Once young blacks see a good number of black Republicans in Congress, it will become impossible for Democrats to convince them that the GOP is “the party of white people.” And if we get just 30% of the black vote, we would have permanent majorities in both the House and Senate and be unbeatable in all but a handful of states.
As a proud son Mississippi and as an Ole Miss alum I hate to admit it, but I don’t think Miss Angela has a snowball’s chance.
To start with, the rural whites in TVA counties like Tishomingo, Itawamba, Tippah, Union and Pontotoc still have a pro-Dhimmi streak that’s left over from the days of FDR and the New Deal. The label “Republican” still runs too much against the grain.
But even more important, there’s no way the white good ole boys in that neck of the woods are going to vote for a black person — liberal or conservative, male or female.
And if those factors weren’t enough, the local Dhimmi political machine in Rep. Childers’ home county, Prentiss, is as corrupt as they come. They’ll manufacture however many votes it might take to put Travis over the top.
Finally, the ca. 25% of voters in the First District who are black simply aren’t going to vote for a Republican candidate, no more than the Pennsylvania blacks went for Lynn Swann or the Ohio blacks went for Ken Blackwell or the Maryland blacks went for Michael Steele. The pro-Dhimmi indoctrination just runs too deep.
So however much us FReepers may admire Angela, sad to say that it just ain’t gonna happen.
I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t think she’ll win. Republicans already have two candidates with electoral experience. Also, the race thing will hurt with a few voters, though not most of them. To top it off, she seems to be squishy on 2nd. Amendment issues. She seems like a great lady overall.
Perhaps she should have sought some kind of local office first.