GOP's Steele Rejects Obama 'Coat Tailing' Theory; Sets Out to 'Engage' Black Community

National Newspaper Publishers Association, The Washington Informer by Hazel Trice Edney | Feb. 26, 2009 (Special Report)

New Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, the first African-American to hold the seat, rejects the notion that his Jan. 30 win was largely due to political “coat tailing” of the celebrated Barack Obama, America’s first Black president...Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, Democratic National Committee Chairman, released a congratulatory note when Steele won, saying, “I look forward to working with Chairman Steele as we set out to put partisanship and the ... Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Feb. 26, 2009

While this article was old news, it's still relevant in as much as Mr. Steele is Black, and doesn't believe thats the reason he was elected. If Obama isn't elected, neither is Steele. What a lot of people don't understand is that the older Afro-Americans are mostly conservative. They are against Gays and abortion. They would gladly vote Republican, if they had a shiver of an idea of what to do next.

While Obama got over 90% of the Black vote, Bush and his policies, and Obama running not on race but the issues, unlike Sharpton and Jackson, was a big reason.

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