Monday, January 21, 2013

CNN Admits: Republican elected officials more racially diverse than Democrats

from CNN:

Everybody knows the Republican Party is basically an all-white bastion, right? After all, even Colin Powell condemned the "dark vein of intolerance" that has flowed through his party since the post-civil rights era political realignment.
 
Now with President Barack Obama leading the Democrats into a second term -- buoyed by overwhelming victory margins among African-Americans and Hispanics -- it's clear the GOP has some serious catching up to do.
 
This is why it might surprise you to hear that Republicans are by far the more diverse party when it comes to statewide elected officials such as senators and governors. On this front, they leave Democrats in the dust. And that's why the GOP actually has a greater depth of diversity on their potential presidential bench looking to 2016 and beyond.
 
It's counterintuitive but true. Numbers don't lie. Let's start with a look

read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/opinion/avlon-gop-diversity/index.html

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