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June 23, 2009
ANOTHER DEMOGRAPHIC DOWNWARD SPIRAL.... Occasionally, we'll hear prominent Republican leaders argue that the GOP has to do better in broadening its appeal in minority communities if the party expects to compete effectively in the future. In general, those arguments are ignored by the party's rank and file. The results, then, aren't surprising.
For a while, when some of the conservative attacks against Sotomayor were especially offensive, Republican leaders tried to keep the ugliness at arm's length. GOP officials would remind folks that Gingrich, Limbaugh, et al, were not actually Republican officeholders. It appears these distinctions have been inconsequential. What's more, Josh Marshall notes that the Republican Party may have structural impediments in place that will make progress difficult.
Quite a conundrum. —Steve Benen 11:15 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (23)Comments
when your party platform is Hate and Fear... yer really not going to get communities -- ethnic, regional, religious, fields of endeavor, etc. yer gonna get psychopaths... The Republican Party: the real acid test for sanity in 21st century american society... Posted by: neill on June 23, 2009 at 11:20 AM | PERMALINKContinuing good news. The best thing for the future of this country would be for the Republican party to disappear competely from the face of the earth. Posted by: Lee Gibson on June 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM | PERMALINKGiven the economic demographic of minorities having the GOP be so adamantly against a Public Option for health care is also killing them. Why do you suppose no high falunten pundits are asking this type of question to Linsey and Co,? Nauseating... Posted by: stevio on June 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM | PERMALINKNo, no more popcorn, thank you. I couldn't possibly eat another bite. Posted by: shortstop on June 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM | PERMALINKThe GOP needs to root around in their toolchest, maybe they forgot that lying has shown a short term bump on occasion. Ummmm, good popcorn. Posted by: Kevin on June 23, 2009 at 11:30 AM | PERMALINKThe last presidential election clearly demonstrated that the GOP has become the party of old, white racists. This may sound harsh, but that doesn't make it any less true. Posted by: Simon on June 23, 2009 at 11:30 AM | PERMALINKAlso, large numbers of Hispanics used to work construction jobs. Those jobs have dried up due to Bush economic mismanagement. And as the Republican primary age demographic (i.e., 65 and older), unfortunately largely comprising entrenched phobias regarding race, ethnicity, sexuality, and general 'glasnost', their numbers will dwindle even further. Yet they refuse to recognize this eventuality, and cling to their outdated model. I'd almost feel sorry for them if they hadn't played such a commanding role in recent decades in most of what is wrong with this country. Posted by: terraformer on June 23, 2009 at 11:33 AM | PERMALINKIt's hard to think that the Obama team didn't predict this, and it may have been a reason for nominating this particular judge in the first place. Pretty neat. They are using Lou Dobbs against the GOP. Posted by: davidp on June 23, 2009 at 11:33 AM | PERMALINKwow! that 11% approval number is amazing considering that,in november, mccain got 33% of the hispanic vote...and sotomayor is from puerto rico...what would these numbers look like if she'd been from mexico???? single digits?? negative?? Posted by: dj spellchecka on June 23, 2009 at 11:39 AM | PERMALINKThe racist, sexist response of the GOP (official or unofficial) will drive away not only Hispanics, but all other "minorities", women, young people, rational White men... Posted by: CParis on June 23, 2009 at 12:07 PM | PERMALINKNow, if only we could get Dems to seize this opportunity to prove they can lead, they could shut the door on modern conservatism. I know, but one can dream... Posted by: beep52 on June 23, 2009 at 12:11 PM | PERMALINKRepublicans are losing among minorities (and women, still?) but gaining among someone. Rasmussen polls (grain of salt? but still) show weakening general support for Obama and Democrats: But I'll say again, I bet a lot of loss of support for Obama is from progressives who think he sold out on wars, torture accountability, transparency, blowing off mountain tops, non-ideological issues like appointing donors to posts, etc. However, we still need to work on why and what to do about these trends. We can't maintain dominance through minorities alone. Posted by: Neil B ♪ on June 23, 2009 at 12:21 PM | PERMALINKThe GOP's *quasi*-opposition? There didn't seem to be anything "quasi" about it to me. It appears to have died down a lot since they realized it wasn't working, but it seemed full-throated and enthusiastic at the time (not to mention racist, dishonest, mean-spirited, etc.). Posted by: Shade Tail on June 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM | PERMALINKNo, no more popcorn, thank you. I couldn't possibly eat another bite. - shortstop But, it's wafer-thin... Hey wait just a gosh darned minute! Alberto Gonzales is a Messican. We rethuglicants like him just fine. Posted by: Trollkiller on June 23, 2009 at 12:51 PM | PERMALINKSad part, the GOP actually believe the crap coming out of their mouths. I would like to know about the lady from Missouri who said, "We should raise taxes to give free lunch programs to kids. Hunger is a motivator, they should get a job at McDonald's. McDonald's will feed you for free." Sad part, she's on a childrens committee. If it's hard for an adult, recent college grads to get a job, how can a kid get a job. Even more, wasn't fast food to blame for obesity and diabetes in children, as well as a host of medical conditions. Come on lady, we are talking about kids. In many parts of the country, the only decent meals some kids receive is when they go to school. Sad but true, sometimes it's the only meal kids get. **correction** the state rep said, "We shouldn't raise taxes to have free lunch programs in school." Posted by: annjell on June 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM | PERMALINKNeil B -- I haven't read anything about the internals of this poll, but in most of the other recent ones, the loss of support has been from declining favorability among Republicans, and Democrats have pretty much held steady. You might think it's because of various issues where there's been action (or conspicuous lack of it) lately, but apparently people who pay attention as much as we do are a pretty tiny part of the population. Posted by: Redshift on June 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM | PERMALINKI am African American. The republicans have turned me off to any message they want to convey, even if it is delivered by Michael Steele. I will not support a political party that constantly pushes racism, war, divisiveness, hate, etc on anyone. They just don't know the effect of turning on the teevee or logging onto the internet and seeing/hearing/reading a constant diatribe based on hate. I truly believe that at this point in time they are unwilling to stop cultivating the hate, or maybe they just don't care. I lean toward the latter category. ... [the republicans] are too afraid to stand up to Hannity, Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Savage, Jones, Coulter, Krauthammer, Buchanan, and the other fear-mongerers. majii, if they disavowed those people they wouldn't have anyone at all left in the party. Let's see: the R2K poll shows the GOP with: 3% favorability among blacks On the other hand, they've got: 45% favorability among Southerners They're the party of Southern white males over 30. Not much of a future there. Posted by: low-tech cyclist on June 23, 2009 at 3:21 PM | PERMALINKThey're the party of Southern white males over 30. Not much of a future there. They can always join UNPO like the Afrikaaners. Posted by: Davis X. Machina on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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