Can Williams help the GOP broaden its demographic reach? As one commenter notes, it's not likely:
One of the (many) issues the GOP has with attracting actual (voting) black support is the requirement for black candidates to divorce themselves from the Black community or even acknowledge black issues at all.
This requirement is not generally held over Latino, Asian or Jewish GOP'ers. Latino GOP'ers are encouraged to wear their identities to garner support but Powell and even Condi Rice (the most respected Black GOP'er in the AA community) have taken flack for work with black organizations.
Plus even most Black Conservatives are not hard core right wingers. I know more than one who voted for Bush but have been turned off by the hard turn right led by the Tea Party.
As a black conservative who isn't a hard core right winger, I get the commenter's point. It will be interesting to see how Williams' candidacy turns out.
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