states went right back to their old systems. a lot of cases, deep south places where you had a large african-american population, going back to the cotton culture, and these whites were afraid that the blacks would take over local government. but you see in these big states like pennsylvania, the blacks are not going to take over state government. they re going to have to have really good candidates to do it. it seems like they do it for partisan reasons, say we re going to screw this group of voters. i ll get you some water here. you all right? they seem to be doing it for pure the race is the key because african-americans tend these days to be democrats. but this new pattern just seems to be blatantly partisan. just thinking look at tell me what you think is going on in it georgia right now. look, what s happening in georgia is similar to what you just played in pennsylvania. there s an exciting candidate for governor. and she s coming close. she s gotten state wiwide appea
seven. is that the right analogy. he got a super surge of black voters who turned out to be 30% of the electorate when they are only 26% of the population. which means black voters really showed up. almost a 50/50 split in his victory coalition of black and white. yeah. i think that s wonderful. and i love what he said about unity. i have to tell you it s my religion, basically that the democratic party become a combination of the two races. down in the black belt, in that part of the country, the cotton culture it all came from. michael steel, my friend, is a republican but certainly no roy moore republican. no. if that is even the right phrase to use. no, no. and that is not something that i think that you would find really existing within the party. they were at 49% down there, 48% for him. but i think again that the fact of the matter is that i am
hard-pressed to repry indicate based on 2010 results. take those states out of play and you have a thread the needle strategy which requires early locking down of the northeast and california and then fighting over a small number of states. can the republican party win on the other hand, by rolling up the anti-hispanic vote in the states where the hispanics live? you have seen white people in the south. a lot of african-americans because the cotton culture, they are more right wing than ever. what stops arizona, nevada and others from voting more republican because there are more hispanics. your thoughts, steve? i think that s what the republicans are up to. your thoughts. well, no. if you look at texas, for instance, which picks up four new seats the reason that texas is growing so much is because the hispanic situation is growing there. nevada, colorado, new mexico, too. i think you are seeing a greater divergence with white conservatives voting for republican and whites voting m
take those states out of play and you have a thread the needle strategy which requires early locking down of the northeast and california and then fighting over a small number of states. can the republican party win on the other hand, by rolling up the anti-hispanic vote in the states where the hispanics live? you have seen white people in the south. a lot of african-americans because the cotton culture, they are more right wing than ever. what stops arizona, nevada and others from voting more republican because there are more hispanics. your thoughts, steve? i think that s what the republicans are up to. your thoughts. well, no. if you look at texas, for instance, which picks up four new seats the reason that texas is growing so much is because the hispanic situation is growing there. nevada, colorado, new mexico, too. i think you are seeing a greater divergence with white conservatives voting for republican and whites voting more republican. but that s offset by increasing number
needle strategy which requires early locking down the northeast and california and then fighting over a small number of states. can the republican party win on the other hand by just rolling up the anti-hispanic vote in those state where hispanics live? historically, seen white people in the south, we have a lot of african-americans historically because the cotton culture, they will vote in more right-wing than ever. what stops arizona, nevada, there, from all those states voting more republican because there are more hispanics? your thought, steve? i it is a tough one but i think what republicans are up to. your thoughts? if you look at texas, for instance, which picks up four new seats, the reason that texas is growing so much is because the hispanic population is growing there. nevada, colorado, new mexico, some of those states, too, so i think that you are seeing a greater die verge jones with the white conservatives voting more republican and whites generally in some of those