Memo To The GOP: Study DLC Demise Closely

[NADRA AKA CAP BLACK]

Denounced by liberal icon Jesse Jackson as the "suburban wing of the Democratic Party, " the Democratic Leadership Council ( DLC ) was created in 1985 to ( shhh! ) woo White voters away from Republicans.

Its enviable zenith was electing Bill Clinton twice to the White House, by offering Whites moderate policies while drawing majority shares of a stalemated liberal Black base.

The rise of president Obama seems to have ended its relevance. It officially closed its doors in 2011 and offers a GOP scrambling for diversity a valuable case study.

Republican reformers claim the party needs more non-Whites in order to be competitive. The DLC won on the opposite premise.

Their centrist appeal aimed at White independents and conservative Reagan Democrats who were painting states red alongside straight ticket Republican voters.

I'm curious to see how far Republicans will go to make their brand of conservatism appealing to hard core liberal constituencies like American Blacks and, as of the last election, Latinos.

Appealing to the super-energized Ron Paul Republican libertarian youth movement seems a better bet. While cosmetics are nice, at day's end White Republicans and liberal American Blacks have found few reasons to unite.

American Blacks are individually choosing to be Republicans based upon shared values. This centrist and conservative demographic stands in stark contrast to Democrat peers who want more government in our lives.

That's not a dynamic that even the much vaunted Heritage Foundation nor the RNC can alter. American Blacks must weigh liberal policy and conclude ourselves that it's worthless.

I could be wrong and a hitherto unseen army of new Jack Kemps could cheerfully march across America re-connecting the moribund GOP/Black alliance.

That would be a very welcome development- but unlikely. Latinos will likely be the outreach target give their more recent record of voting Republican for George W. Bush.

While not holding my breath for that day nor large numbers of American Blacks kissing liberalism goodbye, I do suggest GOP planners study the demise of the centrist Democrat Leadership Council closely.

There are game changing lessons waiting to be learned.

Cap Black, The Hood Conservative
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[Chris Arps]

They won't listen. The Republican Party is too short sided in their thinking to put together a long range plan too woo blacks. That's why I believe it is up to us to find and organized the millions of Black conservatives/moderates that are out there. Latinos are low hanging fruit to the party, blacks have been written off by Republicans, as they will by be Democrats in the coming years.

[NADRA AKA CAP BLACK]

Agreed. We'd do better organizing within our culture & institutions to de-thug & de-baby mama whatever percentage we can rather than crusade for more Republican conversions.

Most of our community is wedded to the Democratic Party come hell or high water so why bother is my thought. improving our culture and institutions, regardless of party, seems a better bet to me.

[Vicki Murphy Entsminger]

in all honesty i think it has to start at home with our children.the school system aka dem. have there mouths to the childrens ears all day 5 days a  week all year long and we as parents have the odius task of undoing the damage they get spoon fed all day long.my daughter comes home from school poring pure garbage to me and i have to sit her down and straighten her out repeatedly till she as an older teenager has finally come to the point where she is having debates at school with teachers fighting for her rep.cons.education from home and trust me shes very effective as all children would be given a better alternative.talk to your kids it starts at home