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Old 01-08-2005, 10:24 AM   #1
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Gerrymandering and race

Some NPR program mentioned that Republican gerrymandering in the South has the goal of making the Democratic Party the party of blacks and other minorities in the south. This is probably more interpretation that fact but is the GOP setting itself up irrevokeably as a white peoples party in a fast browning America?
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Old 01-08-2005, 11:58 AM   #2
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I want to believe that the GOP is trying to be an all-inclusive party, based on cabinet nominations and elected officials in MD and OH. But it seems to me that they might be trying too hard, to the point where it looks fake (e.g. the soup kitchen segment at the convention). In order to win nonwhites over, the GOP has to change mentalities--their own and those they want to win over. They're making inroads, but I'm not sure that the slow-but-steady method is going to work in the end.
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Old 01-08-2005, 05:31 PM   #3
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Part of the problem with the scenario is that there is roughly three major segments of the country where minorities live. east coast, mid-south, and west coast. Pandering to the south will only serve to discredit them in the long run and cost them in the other portions of the country.
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