RNC to spend $10 million to reach minorities
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 17, 2013 at 2:56 p.m.
PHOTO BY CBS NEWS, CHRIS USHER / AP
In this Sunday, March 17, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus speaks on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington.
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WASHINGTON — Reeling from back-to-back presidential losses and struggling to cope with the country's changing racial and ethnic makeup, the Republican National Committee plans to spend $10 million this year to send hundreds of party workers into Hispanic, black and Asian communities to promote its brand among voters who overwhelmingly supported Democrats in 2012.
Committee chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday also proposed shortening the presidential nominating calendar in 2016 and limiting the number of primary-season debates to avoid the self-inflicted damage from inside-party squabbling on the eventual nominee. Priebus' top-to-bottom changes include picking the moderators for the debates and then crowning the nominee as early as June so he or she could begin a general election campaign as quickly as possible.
"Mitt Romney was a sitting duck for two months over the summer," Priebus said of the 2012 GOP nominee.
To help his party ahead of the 2016 contest already in its earliest stages, Priebus said he would be hiring new staffers to build the GOP among voters in the states.
"It will include hundreds of people — paid — across the country, from coast-to-coast, in Hispanic, African American, Asian communities, talking about our party, talking about our brand, talking about what we believe in, going to community events, going to swearing-in ceremonies, being a part of the community on an ongoing basis, paid for by the Republican National Committee, to make the case for our party and our candidates," Priebus said.
That move was part of the recommendations included in a monthslong look at what went wrong in 2012. Priebus tapped a handful of respected party leaders to examine how the GOP could better talk with voters, raise money from donors and learn from Democrats' tactics. Priebus also asked the group to examine how they could work with independent groups such as super political action committees.
Ari Fleischer, White House press secretary under former president George W. Bush, and Sally Bradshaw, a veteran strategist and top adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, were among those leading the inquiry. Republican National Committeeman Henry Barbour, a GOP strategist and nephew of former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, was also part of the group. RNC members Zori Fonalledas of Puerto Rico and Glenn McCall of South Carolina rounded out the five-person committee that listened to Republicans' ideas and frustrations.
Those leaders heard from 50,000 rank-and-file members about how to respond to the nation's shifting demographics.
Priebus planned a full-scale rollout of their recommendations Monday, although the proposals are far from a done deal. They would have to win the approval of the 168-member Republican National Committee and then each state's election chief would have to abide by the party's proposed calendar or face consequences, such as losing voting delegates to the nominating convention. The states previously have ignored such penalties.
Priebus said the party review recommended downplaying its internal divisions among candidates, which forced Romney to take more conservative positions on issues such as immigration during his quest to capture the party's nomination. In all, Priebus counted 23 debates among his party's crowded field of contenders, and there were a handful of other events — including a Newt Gingrich-Herman Cain faceoff in Texas — that distracted from their main task of defeating Obama.
Priebus spoke with CBS' "Face the Nation."
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BillSmith says... March 17, 2013 at 3:46 p.m.
They can spend all they want to rech minorities, all minorities know their policies and philosophy are the same as before. They are just trying to just repackage the message.
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BillSmith says... March 17, 2013 at 4:01 p.m.
All the minorities have to do is to look at the line up of speakers at CPAC to see just how serious the GOP is to reaching out to minorities.
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T6 says... March 17, 2013 at 6:31 p.m.
BillSmith.... Repackaging a message? Like the Republican's renewed focus on that antiquated doc known as the Constitution and the Democrats fervor to trash it?
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T6 says... March 17, 2013 at 6:44 p.m.
Hey BillSmith......Maybe the people you know agree with the lawlessness of the DemocRat party but many people in the minority have principles and work hard for their money and don't appreciate the DemocRat party taking, no make that stealing their money to buy votes.
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RonalFos says... March 17, 2013 at 7:05 p.m.
Until the Republican party changes it's attitude and practices toward minorities, they can spend all the money they want and it will do no good. You can't spit in a person face one day and expect them to shake you hand the next.
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BillSmith says... March 17, 2013 at 7:31 p.m.
T6... knows the GOP is in deep dodo with minorities and their demographics will just grow larger. T6 is just spinning around and around, because the flush handle has just been pulled. T6, better take a deep breath on the way down.
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NoUserName says... March 17, 2013 at 8:42 p.m.
One party rule sucks no matter which party is in charge. Minorities voting strictly D isn't going to solve the world's problems either. It's a shame, really, that people only look for an R or a D on a ballot. THAT, sir, is the quickest way down the toilet.
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 12:17 a.m.
Why doesn't the GOP save the 10 million and simply stop demeaning, demonizing and demoralizing other Americans? If they stopped their hatefest, they might slow down their imminent demise. Then again...It'll be a better world when today's Republican Party is tossed into its rightful place: the dustbin of history.
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Reason says... March 18, 2013 at 1:20 a.m.
The republican party has been lost to the tea party.
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How Not To Sound Racist: The most awkward CPAC panel ever
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washingtonpost. com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/03/15/how-not-to-sound-racist-the-most-awkward-cpac-panel-ever/
(You can't make this stuff up)
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 4:14 a.m.
CPAC was a freak show.
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LevitiCuss says... March 18, 2013 at 9:05 a.m.
Republican spin on slavery @CPAC: The slaves were fortunate the massah gave them shelter and food. Nothing better than getting a bunch of these fools in a room with the video running. It tells all the story you need.
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 11:51 a.m.
You Demwits better worry about your own party. By 2016 when Obamacare has been fully implemented, your party may be relegated to the dustbin of history. Oh and evidently the Demwit's are losing popularity because the lead Demwit's approval rating is dropping like a stone.
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 2:36 p.m.
Many Republicans at CPAC were awesome especially Brent Bozell's speech. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Hey BillSmith.... Did you see the article about the Demwit bimbo Ashley Judd?
The Washington Times reports Democrats aren't so sure she's the best person for the job.
“She’s going to have a tough road to hoe,” said Jim Cauley, campaign manager for Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear in 2007, in a ThisWeek. com report. “She doesn’t fit the damn state,” which is a conservative stronghold. Fully 60 percent of Kentuckians voted for Mitt Romney in 2012. Democrats have begun expressing concern about some of Ms. Judd’s statements and views. ThisWeek. com reports, “Democrats worry that Judd, a political neophyte, could cost the party a winnable race.”
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NWAConsumerReview says... March 18, 2013 at 2:42 p.m.
RonalFos ... :-) ... reading your comment made me think of "spit" ... :-) ... only $10,000,000 to repair their situation is like thinking rubbing spit onto a big shotgun wound would repair it ... try about 10 Billion if they want to heal the minority wound ... :-) ...
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 3:06 p.m.
Is "Demwit" Rush's Word of the Week? You sheep really obey your shepherd, don't you?
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inquire says... March 18, 2013 at 3:37 p.m.
Roads are not hoed. Rows are.
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 3:55 p.m.
You were expecting anything but substandard English from T6?
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lazybar says... March 18, 2013 at 3:58 p.m.
plenty of hoed up things on the left
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NoUserName says... March 18, 2013 at 3:59 p.m.
The courtesy of posters on this site has taken a nosedive of late.
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Pobucker says... March 18, 2013 at 4:02 p.m.
Pro is the opposite of Con.
It holds, therefore, that the opposite of progress is
wait for it
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CONGRESS!!!!
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And that's just how I like it. No, really. Congressmen serve at their finest when they are back in their home states, asleep in their beds. Any congressman found without a bed in their home state must be shot immediately.
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Pobucker says... March 18, 2013 at 4:02 p.m.
yeah, lazy. lots of vote ho's on the left....
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RonalFos says... March 18, 2013 at 4:20 p.m.
Name calling, that how you win people over to your way of thinking. Keep it up guys!
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Pobucker says... March 18, 2013 at 5:22 p.m.
Racist! Liar! FOOL!
Got the name calling out of the way up front.
So, RonFos, you don't really think name calling will work, do you?
Therefore, none of the name callers on these forums REALLY want to proselytize, do they?
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If the Repubs REALLY wanted those votes, they would:
* Begin an unwavering deluge of name calling on the Democrats. The more inflaming, the better. Learn to be better race baiters.
* Find someone with money, rob them, give the money to the minorities. Make sure you paint the people you rob as something different than normal people. You could call them "one percenters", but that has already been trademarked. Make sure the minorities know the "racists in the other party" would not do this for them.
* Think of schemes to give free rides other than money. Give away tuition, healthcare and legal advice. Make sure the recipients know that "the other side" wants them either deported or napalmed.
* Suck up to the news media. Make sure all your lies and deceit are glossed over and that there is an unending deluge of propaganda painting your opponents as mouth-breathing neanderthals.
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This has proven to be a winning strategy, worthy of being copied for political gain. To hell with the country as long as "our side wins".
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Packman says... March 18, 2013 at 6:11 p.m.
Hey Ronal - "You can't spit in a person face one day and expect them to shake you hand the next." Of course you can. Democrats, lead by powerful politicians like Orville Faubus, Robert Byrd, and George Wallace made segregation a legal afterthought. Democrats, lead by Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson, and Ted Kennedy heaped social policies on America that have miserably failed the black community. Yet, blacks continue to vote Democrat at a rate of 90-1. Liberals spit in the faces of minorities every day with their bigotry of low expectations yet are always the first in line for a handshake. Sad, but true.
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cliffcarson says... March 18, 2013 at 6:15 p.m.
Pobucker, You refuse to get it.
The minorities know for sure that the Republicans are for at least one minority. We of the 99% call them the 1%. So race ain't got nothing to do with it. But the Republicans have more problems the the "minorities". As the great majority, the 99% become convinced that it is the Republican MOI to steal from the 99% to fatten their 1% bank accounts, the days of the Republicans are entering twilight. As Bill said 10 Billion wouldn't help them.
Good night pobcker.
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 6:51 p.m.
Djigoo, Inquire..... Substandard English that came from a Demwit! Guess a dumb Demwit doesn't know the difference between row and road! Ha! Ha!
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 18, 2013 at 7:31 p.m.
Don't worry T6; when folks who are aligned with someone who butchers English like BillSmith start pointing out the English of others it makes for awesome humor!
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BillSmith says... March 18, 2013 at 7:33 p.m.
T6.......... Don't try to convence me, it's the independents the GOP needs and after the loose canons they had speaking at CPAC they can kiss them goodby.
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 10:20 p.m.
Oh Really BillSmith.... I'm an Independent and I thought MOST of the conservative speakers at CPAC were awesome.
BillSmith... You are uninformed as the rest of your party. More people in the 57 States, identify as conservative than liveral. Now what?
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 10:24 p.m.
BTW BillSmith..... Let me fix that for ya, it's convince not convence!
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 10:31 p.m.
T6, I can't find "liveral" in my dictionary. Does it have something to do with liver?
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T6 says... March 18, 2013 at 10:54 p.m.
What Djigoo? No correction on the 57 States?
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 10:55 p.m.
Seriously, T6...Liveral. Is it a French word? A little help, please?
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djigoo says... March 18, 2013 at 11:25 p.m.
You're still hung up on the 57 thing? That's so cute and pathetic and ancient!
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T6 says... March 19, 2013 at 8:57 a.m.
Djigoo, My mistake I hit the v and not the b. You didn't say anything about the 57 states because YOU would have to defend your President's stupid statement!
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BillSmith says... March 19, 2013 at 10:08 a.m.
T6........... You are a right wing conservative, the same as a blue dog democrat of which this state has plenty. I don't give a tinkers about my spelling, but I do challange you to a computer knowledge exam. Ready?
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BillSmith says... March 19, 2013 at 10:09 a.m.
T6 .... tell us the last democrat you voted for.
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djigoo says... March 19, 2013 at 10:20 a.m.
T6 imagines Obama was talking about FIFTY SEVEN STATES OF ISLAM! What a maroon.
ht tp://ww w.snopes.c om/politics/obama/57states.asp
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Populist says... March 19, 2013 at 12:22 p.m.
BillSmith,
I suspect the last time that T6 voted for a Democrat his name was Orval Faubus.
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GrimReaper says... March 19, 2013 at 12:57 p.m.
T6,
You're wasting your time. An old Southern lawyer, Democrat no less, once opined that it is impossible to defeat an ignorant person in argument.
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djigoo says... March 19, 2013 at 1:17 p.m.
...which is why T6 remains undefeated.
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djigoo says... March 19, 2013 at 1:19 p.m.
Populist, I believe you're correct. It would certainly fit the pattern.
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Coralie says... March 19, 2013 at 2:12 p.m.
Bill Smith made one mistake that was really inspired: "the GOP is in deep dodo with minorities "
Doo-doo and the extinct flightless bird the dodo both fit the GOP!
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Pobucker says... March 19, 2013 at 4:12 p.m.
What I hear you saying, CliffC, is that Republicans cannot beat the Democrats at their own game. I agree with you.
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Pobucker says... March 19, 2013 at 5:06 p.m.
It seems to me that Republican conservatives think Democrats are misguided idealists and are frustrated that they cannot be dissuaded from their impractical dreams.
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It seems to me that Democrat liberals think Republicans are racist oligarchs and are enraged that they cannot be imprisoned or killed outright.
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I think the passion is what has given the Dems the edge, lately. Perhaps the Republicans need some of that passion. Rage beats frustration every time.
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BarichMilhusseinObamaNixonPOTUS says... March 19, 2013 at 7:10 p.m.
Actaully Coralie I think those words both apply to BillSmith's brain.
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T6 says... March 19, 2013 at 8:43 p.m.
Hey Djigoo......Pretty sure I didn't say anything about 57 States of "Islam" but I was throwing a dig at your President Zero.
BillSmith... I am ashamed to admit it but I voted for Jimma Carter when I was young and stupid but I redeemed myself and voted against him for Ronald Reagan.
In my earlier days I would probably be considered a liberal. I can't believe I'm even admitting that but I came to my senses. Thank God I didn't have the Democrat mental disease after all.
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djigoo says... March 19, 2013 at 9:25 p.m.
No, T6...we all know what you meant, even if you didn't.
And President Zero? That'd be your man GWB. "Zero" refers to the number of actual WMDs we sent our kids to die over.
How do you sleep?
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T6 says... March 20, 2013 at 4:22 p.m.
Djigoo says...T6 imagines Obama was talking about FIFTY SEVEN STATES OF ISLAM.
No, I didn't have Islam in mind when I posted my comment about the 57 States.
Now, are YOU saying Obama didn't make the STUPID quote about the 57 States?
Hey djigoo... WE all know Obama is not Muslim don't we?
FYI the ZERO WMDs have been debunked but since all of you low information voters like repeating that lie knock yourselves out.
BTW djigoo... Glad you "think" you know what I'm thinking. And all this time I just thought you were a dimbulb. Imagine that!
How do I sleep? Like a baby, I have the man upstairs looking out for me. You?
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lazybar says... March 20, 2013 at 4:59 p.m.
t6,you know if the comments had of been turned aroud goo would be complaining about you putting words in his mouth.
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BillSmith says... March 20, 2013 at 5:47 p.m.
T6 .... you have not changed much, your just old and stupid now.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 6:01 p.m.
You mean like you did countless times. Packman?
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 6:03 p.m.
Oops..meant to type lazybar. I have a hard time telling Baggers apart these days.
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BillSmith says... March 20, 2013 at 7:58 p.m.
T6 ...... The intolarence of the religious right has led to this:
The key numbers emerged from research backed by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the PBS program Religion & Ethics News Weekly.
The study’s findings have loomed over a variety of news events in recent months, from debates about same-sex marriage to the challenges facing Pope Francis. The key facts: One-fifth of the U.S. public - and a third of adults under 30 - are now religiously unaffiliated. The ranks of the unaffiliated have risen, in only five years, from about 15 percent of American adults to nearly 20 percent. This trend appears to be accelerating.
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T6 says... March 20, 2013 at 9:33 p.m.
BillSmith... Ahhh Yes! That must be why the Bible Series had 13.1 million viewers.
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djigoo says... March 20, 2013 at 10:34 p.m.
Fiction has traditionally drawn huge ratings.
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Bart says... March 20, 2013 at 11:28 p.m.
This is a waste of money and resources! The Dems bought the vote of Black voters long ago. This is just an attempt to buy some of the vote. Won't work. We have approx. 80% Black in Eastern Arkansas. They vote the way their preachers tell them. This is a no-win game. How about we try to govern well, for a change? Make jobs and productivity a priority for a change. Otherwise, you are just dealing with a corrupt labor union bidding to buy votes. Forget it. The game is rigged.
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Coralie says... March 21, 2013 at 12:34 p.m.
Bart, I don't think Black voters need to be bought. All they have to do is keep their ears and eyes open. For instance, a couple days ago this article appeared in the print version (I couldn't find it online):
"GUN BILL ORIGINS BLASTED...Two bills filed in the state Legislature are a 'travesty' because they're rooted in a secion of Arkansas' 1836 Constitution that gave the right to keep and bear arms only to 'free white men,' said an expert on constitutional law and legal history.
'This is either foolish or corrupt,' said Steve Sheppard, a law professor at the University of Arkansas. 'A person who roots a claim today in the powers once held by slaveholders mus ask whose fears are now being manipulated.'"
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