In response to:

To Appeal to Black Voters, GOP Must Run Gauntlet of Racism Accusations

TraceyDC Wrote: Dec 01, 2012 10:34 AM
Michelle Rhee was fired because she neglected to keep the parent's of students informed as to the who's, what's, and why's of her programs. A simple explanation of her goals and methods and a few community forums would have served her well but instead she took on an air of doing what is best for people with little to no reaching out to them as if they were the children and created a nasty backlash because of it. Also, look in to the charges and controversies surrounding the turn around in schools and lack of justification for many of the firings. Vouchers are a bad idea to those whose kids will be left behind in a crappy system. It may be selfish but wouldn't you as a parent rather have them fix the system your kid is guaranteed to in to?

If the GOP wants to win more black votes, it will need to get a lot more "racist."

The scare quotes are necessary because I don't think the Republican Party is racist now (and, historically, the GOP has a lot less to answer for than the Democratic Party does).

But that hasn't stopped a lot of people from slandering Republicans as racist for one reason or another.

Right now, many in Washington -- particularly the leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus -- insist that Republican attacks on U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice are racist and, yawn, sexist. The basis...

Thursday, May 23 | 04:06 PM ET
Thursday, May 23 | 04:06 PM ET
Thursday, May 23 | 04:06 PM ET
Thursday, May 23 | 04:06 PM ET