[In airing the spots nationally, the GOP is making an] acknowledgment that the years when they could use race negatively, they're over, ... Now the Republican Party knows they have to change. |
A felony conviction is almost like an economic death sentence. |
Among younger blacks there is a consistent attraction to private accounts and we have seen it for some time. |
For a big portion of the African-Americans, there's not better education. |
For a big portion of the African-Americans, there's not better education. There have been some gains made, but it's uneven. A lot of whites basically say: 'The civil rights movement has been done. I don't want to hear about it anymore. |
has taken a hit from both the ongoing things in Iraq and what happened with Katrina. |
I'm pleased that Bush has decided to address the NAACP. But the chances of him getting any benefits from it are small. |
In some ways America is even more segmented than it was before, ... But these magazines still sell. |
In some ways America is even more segmented than it was before. But these magazines still sell. |
It really is unclear what's going to happen. |
It's not just the way the Bush administration responded to Katrina, but events afterwards. There's too much history.... The center of gravity of the Republican Party is white Southerners, the group African-Americans trust the least. |
Obviously, their core constituency doesn't include blacks. |
Officials should have realized that the poor were not going to be able to evacuate the way everybody evacuated and some special provisions should have involved community leaders, ... People in those poor, black communities in New Orleans don't trust the government very much. If pastors, doctors and other trusted leaders had been involved, they would have pressured for a plan for people who rely on public transportation. |
Politically, the group that has gained the most after the civil rights movement was white Southern conservatives. They have transformed the Republican Party, which has become the dominant political party. |
potentially make Texas more competitive in the not-too-distant future. |