When Rick Santorum was confronted by one of the black leaders about the Lott mess being the Republicans' Monica Lewinsky, he offered no response. I wished he had said, "I voted for impeachment because of the lying under oath and this had nothing to do with Mr. Clinton's adulterous behavior." A great comeback.
Also, when asked about Republicans and race relations, our "spokespersons" should only respond with, "Well it was the Democrats who ran on segregation, and many of those Democrats did later become Republicans only after they repudiated the old Democratic line about segregation." Republicans should "own" this race issue, but are too damned timid about using it and sticking it to the Dems whenever possible.