[Mavdog]

it is a very interesting dilemna, the values of the republican party are very much aligned with the values of both black americans and also latino americans....yet they pull very, very few black votes and a low amount of latino votes.

so why doesn't the party of lincoln, the party that opposed the dixiecrat bigots of the south, get the respect?

it comes down to pr. the republicans don't do a very good job of reaching out to black american voters, and the democrats have. this has been the case ever since the civil rights act in 64, and the earler pictures of the kennedy's forcing the governors in the south to back down from the segregation they defended.

there could be a basis of disconnect on pocketbook issues, with the average black and latino household earning less than the average anglo household the republican emphasis on lower taxes on the above average income housholds (read anglo) seems counterproductive in appealing to black and latino households.

on social issues it is amazing that the traditional values emphasized by republicans, and shared by the average black household, don't appeal to the black voters more.

after yesterday's election i can only predict that any chance of a divorce of black voters from the democrats is slim and none...