If that's the case, we're losing our country. It's appalling that someone would only consider voting for Bush if he poses with Vicente Fox and speaks Spanish. Such people have no allegiance to our country whatsoever. Patriots are outraged that our nation's policies are increasingly being dictated by ethnic groups in the interest of other nations.
8 years of Condi Rice, Page, and Powell, with Rice moving up the ranks into a high-visibility VP role, is probably the best that the Republicans can do for changing the current Black bloc vote, plus the fact that Blacks will favor school vouchers whenever they are available locally, a key platform difference between Dems and Reps.
Ninety-two percent of blacks voted for Al Gore because George W. Bush opposed racial quotas. Not in a million years will these people relinquish their special rights. Leveling the playing field by emphasizing early chidlhood development just isn't sexy enough for these losers. These people want to be put on the fast track to success.
McCaullife and Carville aren't exactly high-profile minorities, either, so the idea that the people "running" the two Parties are Black and White is a bit deceptive.
McAullife and Carville aren't black, but they play the race card with merry abandon; and every election, blacks fall for it hook, line, and sinker.
So I don't see a bleak picture. Republicans ARE making an effort to reach out to minority voters, and over time this effort will pay off.
For years, Republicans let immigrants pour into this country so that they'd drive down wages and increase profits for the fat cats who fill the GOP collection baskets. Now, Republicans are about to get hoisted on their own petard by angry immigrants reaching into the Democrats' grab bag of treats. Frankly, I don't give a damn. With Republicans like Bush, who needs Democrats?
Nothing like a healthy dose of Class Envy to get the juices flowing huh. You afraid that your lawn care business is threatened? Or maybe you are a former "bus boy" replaced by a gasp furriner? I don't see patriotism in this garbage I see a bunch of people that are just plain scared of competition. That is the why every major industry has, for the most part, fled the union strongholds for "right to work" states.