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A busy news week mean we have to book the best experts to parse what's important and what's not. This week, we call on Ricochet podcaster (on hiatus) and Perry campaign advisor Avik Roy to help talk us through what the fallout will be from the SCOTUS ACA decision that came down last week. Also, he gives some insight on Perry's speech on race and why the Texas economy is the best in the country. Speaking of economies, we then switch gears and call another on hiatus podcaster -- James Pethokoukis. If you want to understand what's going on in Greece (and China), listen to his segment. Finally, Ricochet member Canadian Cincinnatus posits Why Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump are doing well: they fight. Do you agree? Let us know in the comments below.
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Maybe "states' rights" is a buzz phrase some blacks have heard from their grandparents in regard to the Goldwater campaign. But Perry's staff are kidding themselves if they think a large portion of black voters object to states' rights on a philosophical level. With very few exceptions, poor people don't learn to take political judgments to principles like that. There is no significant number of blacks waiting for an updated explanation of states' rights.
I'm trying to remember one time in my entire life that I've heard "states' rights" mentioned by a poor black as quoted in an article or on TV news.
Comparing how modern blacks fare in Republican districts versus Democratic districts is a better pitch. But I hope they plan on offering more than statistics. Poor people aren't interested in Power Point lectures. And they have been trained by Democrats to doubt every factual claim offered by Republicans.
If Republicans are going to make inroads in that demographic, they will need emotional appeals and they will need saturation marketing. Do some charity work in black neighborhoods without cameras and reporters to get the locals talking. Whatever you do, don't approach poor voters as if they were a bunch of yuppie college students sitting in on an academic lecture.
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James , I heard the Charles Laughton 'Sanctuary! ' even if no one else mentioned it.
The guest's analysis of the Goldwater vote on the Civil Rights Act was, I'm sure, correct for an earlier generation of blacks but since history is pretty much unknown these days I'm afraid too many of today's black voters are voting Democrat on the simple basis of 'Gimme'
Hmm it seems Aaron and I were typing at the same time.
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Also, I doubt Republicans can make much progress with poor blacks until they break the blacks away from predatory Democrats and racist groups like the NAACP.
It's like the parable of seeds dying on top of rocky ground. You have to break the soil before anything will take root there. Democrats have spent generations teaching blacks to hate Republicans. You have to go on offense and give blacks reasons to doubt Democrats before asking them to change loyalties.
Highlight the abuse of blacks by Democrats first. Then proceed to explain how blacks fare better with Republicans.
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I'm certainly no political genius, but that states rights explanation of blacks rejecting Repubs seemed to come out of left field by way of the parking lot.
We have black friends, most from Philadelphia, and they are all church-goers. Republican outreach has to get religion, literally, if they want more of the black vote. They should recruit a couple of great gospel singers to tour from church to church and then let drop at coffee hour how Dem candidates just aren't feeling the faith anymore.
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