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midnight

(26,624 posts)
Sat Aug 17, 2013, 02:56 PM Aug 2013

Priebus project to train more Republican women candidates...

" They talked about the Hillary Clinton documentary and miniseries. They talked about how well they're doing raising money. They talked about how they're building a state-of-the-art data mining and voter turnout operation.

Here's what the Republican National Committee members didn't talk about at their summer meeting, but, rather, talked around: their existential need to broaden their base of support, and how so far their traditional base is not exactly embracing the idea.

Perhaps that's understandable. This meeting of the group, any meeting, is at least in part a pep rally for the party faithful, to provide some joy to boost the troops' morale. And the anti-news media resolution certainly provided that.

"We said to the media with a united voice that a network that spends millions of dollars to spotlight Hillary Clinton is a network with an obvious bias, and that's a network that won't be hosting a single Republican primary debate," Chairman Reince Priebus promised. The sustained standing ovation he got at the gathering at the Westin Boston Waterfront hotel was the most exuberant reception of the entire meeting."

http://news.wpr.org/post/rnc-isnt-focusing-elephant-its-ballroom

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Priebus project to train more Republican women candidates... (Original Post) midnight Aug 2013 OP
Reminds me of this weekend's Doonesbury strip, which isn't online until tomorrow. Electric Monk Aug 2013 #1
That's what this country needs! brucefan Aug 2013 #2
Doonesbury: Electric Monk Aug 2013 #5
"The Priebus Project" madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #3
Perfect analogy.... midnight Aug 2013 #4
The logic of their "outreach" is about the same as the logic of picking Palin in 2008. nyquil_man Aug 2013 #6
It will be a center of rigorous training. rug Aug 2013 #7
 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
1. Reminds me of this weekend's Doonesbury strip, which isn't online until tomorrow.
Sat Aug 17, 2013, 02:59 PM
Aug 2013

I'll reply to myself here once it is.

nyquil_man

(1,443 posts)
6. The logic of their "outreach" is about the same as the logic of picking Palin in 2008.
Sun Aug 18, 2013, 02:10 AM
Aug 2013

They think women and minorities are sheep who will just follow anyone with the same gender or ethnicity. It's insulting.

A shitty candidate is a shitty candidate.

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