Never pander to people who won't vote for you anyway. Concentrate on getting out the base, regardless of race
...and you, my friend, are one of the people that allow liberals perpetuate the myth GOP=bunch of rich white men.
I think that applies to reaching out to those whose values are contrary to ours, like homosexuals. To "reach out" to them would be like reaching out to tax-and-spenders. They are contrary to our core values. But the minority issue is different. These people already share our values. We should counter the left's lies by competing for their vote. I wouldn't say that if I didn't think we could win. Of course we will never win the liberal black vote, but so many blacks are actually conservative. Their liberal/conserative split is probably around the same as for whites. It is crazy that conservatives would vote RAT based solely on their skin color. It doesn't make sense. We need to set the record straight.
"Never pander to people who won't vote for you anyway. Concentrate on getting out the base, regardless of race."
If GW can win as much as 20% Black support, the dems are goners. I don't think he has to pander to do it, but he does have to speak directly to them and ask for their votes. One thing for sure, if he doesn't ask for their support, he won't get much. Black America will assume that nothing has happened to change their jaundiced views of the GOP.
We really can do better than Nixon's Southern Strategy.