He doesn't have to win over racist blacks. He has to win over reasonable people of all colors who are on the fence. And he's on the way to doing that.
Most will see it as a desperate attempt at damage control and nothing more.
Yeah, he's won the GOP lots of new friends in the last few days. /extreme sarcasm
Sorry man, but I can't say I've ever heard more blatant wishful thinking.
I don't remember ever disagreeing with you before. But I do now, vehemently. Lott is not "on the way" anywhere except the trash heap of history. He is a vile, oleaginous racist. If Bush tolerates his continuing in the leadership, the 2004 campaign will be about one thing: Republican love of segregation.
THEREFORE, Bush cannot tolerate Lott's continuing in the leadership.