Mitt Romney makes his pitch to the oldest civil-rights organization
in the US today with a 9:30 speech to the NAACP at its annual
convention. Republican presidential candidates usually make this one of
the stops in election years, although Republican Presidents don’t
usually return. George W. Bush skipped the convention in 2004 after
attending in 2000, an appearance that was followed by an NAACP ad in
that election cycle that tried to blame Bush for the dragging death of
James Byrd in Texas for Bush’s opposition to “hate crime” legislation.
(It’s worth noting that Byrd’s white-supremacist murderers got the death
penalty for that despicable murder even without having “hate crime”
laws on the books.)
The Washington Post reports that the appearance is part of an attempt by Team Romney to reach outside the GOP’s base:
The NAACP visit is the former Massachusetts governor’s attempt to move beyond the traditional Republican Party base by trying to deliver a message that the GOP is serious about attracting black voters.
Critics say the effort is pointless for his chances in November. Supporters say it is important for the future of the party.
Romney’s campaign began preliminary outreach efforts in May by hiring a senior black consultant to engage African American voters and by visiting a predominantly black charter school in Philadelphia. Campaign officials say those efforts will be expanded in the coming weeks in an effort to wrest as many votes as possible from President Obama.
Read more: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/11/font-colorredopen-thread-romney-to-speak-at-naacp/
The Washington Post reports that the appearance is part of an attempt by Team Romney to reach outside the GOP’s base:
The NAACP visit is the former Massachusetts governor’s attempt to move beyond the traditional Republican Party base by trying to deliver a message that the GOP is serious about attracting black voters.
Critics say the effort is pointless for his chances in November. Supporters say it is important for the future of the party.
Romney’s campaign began preliminary outreach efforts in May by hiring a senior black consultant to engage African American voters and by visiting a predominantly black charter school in Philadelphia. Campaign officials say those efforts will be expanded in the coming weeks in an effort to wrest as many votes as possible from President Obama.
Read more: http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/11/font-colorredopen-thread-romney-to-speak-at-naacp/
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