[BroJoeK]

"“[A]ccording to the AP, when you boil it all down, the biggest problem with the Republican Party is its ‘whiteness,’” Limbaugh said.
”We gotta get rid of ‘em. The AP wants us gone.
The Democrat Party wants us gone.
And the Republican establishment doesn’t want the hassle of dealing with this.”

“Even if you were able to cleanse the party of all these white conservatives, do you think the AP is gonna start writing love stories about you?” he asked."

As usual, Limbaugh makes the key point here -- a serious problem with Republican conventions is: they look "too white" and "too male".
This gives Democrats and media pundits (but I repeat myself) the opportunity to decry that Republican "whiteness" represents underlying "racism", "sexism", etc.

In the future, Republican candidates will be certain to chose enough delegates of color to neutralize such criticisms.

In short, it's more about appearance than substance.

[Psalm 144]

The irony to all of this is that the two best bridges to MOST minorities are 1) social conservatism generally, and 2) strong domestic economy. These things resonate with most Latins, Indians (both kinds), Asians and many blacks. These things also resonate with with many white labor union types outside of the education racket and government.

Reagan understood this. The Voodoo Republicans of the Northeast never have, or do not care.