“especially whites-only country club members.”
You’ll never win the minority vote in the age of Obama no matter if we select Martin Luther King’s ghost to be chairman.
Btw, didn’t we try the outreach thing with McCain in 2008?
We never will win the minority vote - but, it's not about winning it, it's about shaving a few points off. Karl Rove understood this (Karl Rove haters hold you comments) and was quite effective in denting the black and Hispanic voting margins held for years by the Dummies.
The country is browning at a significant pace. If Republicans can't find a way to reach out and connect with African Americans and Latinos, we will never win the Presidency again. And, we may never have a majority in the Senate or House again either.
Not voting for a racist isn’t reaching out.
Racism is not a Conservative principle, therefore those who are so, or have links to those who are, are not welcome.