ADAPT OR DIE
November 19th, 2008, 10:30 am · Post a Comment · posted by Dan Lehr
Republican National Chairman candidate Michael Steele:
“Let´s just be very frank about it. What the party´s got to do is get its head out of the clouds and out of the sand and recognize that the dynamics politically and otherwise around them have changed.”
“The problem is that within the operations of the RNC, they don’t give a damn. It’s all about outreach … and outreach means let’s throw a cocktail party, find some black folks and Hispanics and women, wrap our arms around them - ‘See, look at us,’ ” he said.
“And then we go back to same old, same old. There’s nothing that is driven down to the state party level, where state chairmen across the country, to the extent they don’t appreciate it, are helped to appreciate the importance of African-Americans and women and others coming and being a part of this party, and to the extent that they do appreciate it, are given support and backup to generate their own programs to create this relationship.”
“Outreach is a cocktail party. Coalitions … a relationship. I’m going to look you in the eye. I’m going to be at your table. I’m going to sit and talk to you,”
In other words, adapt.. or die. Republicans, regardless of whether or not Steele is elected chairman of your party’s National Committee, solving this problem is the only way to become victorious again.
