Desperate Republicans chase the black vote
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1774371,00.html
With defeat looming in the mid-term elections, Bush's party aims to
steal the Democrats' most loyal supporters, writes Paul Harris in New
York
Sunday May 14, 2006
The Observer
Facing disastrous poll numbers and collapsing support ahead of vital
elections this year, Republican Party strategists have taken firm aim
at a surprise voting bloc - black Americans.
The White House and top Republican officials have launched a blitz to
persuade black people that their future will be better served by
shedding decades of loyalty to the Democratic Party and voting
Republican instead. Prominent black Americans, including a Hall of Fame
football star, are Republican candidates in several high-profile races
for November's mid-term elections.
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