Quote Originally Posted by Gregg View Post
It seems like a case of perception becoming reality. For whatever reason people perceive the Democratic party as a haven for minorities. That was obviously important in this election. IMO that perception is based almost purely on the social rather than the fiscal parts of the platform. It will be interesting to see if the GOP can find a way to appeal to a broader range of women and still maintain a conservative stand on abortion. Same with gay marriage and the GLBT vote. Immigration and Hispanics. Etc. No party can be everything to everyone and while its incredibly annoying to hear what a loaf of wonder bread the GOP is, I do think the pundits are correct about he need to appeal to a broader base going forward.
Perhaps GOP politicians should take a leaf from Elizabeth Warren's book and start claiming various interesting ethnic identities. In an environment where people claim to detect racism in evey word and gesture, that might be a form of immunization. It seems at the moment too much to ask that calling an organization "too white" be considered as offensive as calling it "too brown".