I applaud the GOP for reaching out more to blacks and other constituencies. This may sound odd coming from me, but I would like to see more blacks align themselves with the GOP. That would mean that the GOP is becoming more responsive to a wider audience. On the other hand, I think the far right is still weighing down the party more than people think. Bush certainly has a rougher job keeping all the factions of the party together, as does Gore, in my opinion.
You are absolutely correct in that we need more people Colin Powell's stature to come to the forefront. A McCain-Powell ticket, in my opinion, would have been most difficult for the Dems to defeat in November.
While surfing the links on the Drudge Report a few minutes ago, I came across this story which might answer a few of your questions from your previous post. It's an AP story that was filed Friday afternoon:
Who Labor Unions Are Endorsing
By The Associated Press
Recent labor union presidential endorsements:
-- AFL-CIO: Vice President Al Gore for 2000. Over the past two decades has backed Democratic presidential candidates, including Walter Mondale in 1984, Michael Dukakis in 1988 and Bill Clinton the past two elections.
-- Teamsters: Announcement expected soon on endorsing Gore, George W. Bush or no one. Supported Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984, then Bush's father in 1988. Jumped to Clinton in 1992 but abstained from endorsing in 1996.
-- United Auto Workers: Gore. Has backed Democratic presidential candidates over the past 20 years.
-- United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America: Nader. First non-Democrat the union has endorsed. Usually abstains, but did endorse Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, George McGovern and Dukakis. |
