and remember, he chose the lincoln memorial as the setting for a major speech before his first inaugural. this was colin powell speaking on the political effects of these voter suppression attempts by the republican party on face the nation . here s what i say to my republican friends. the country is becoming more diverse. asian americans, hispanic americans and african-american will populate america in the next generation. you say you want to reach ute, have a few message, see if you can bring some of these voters to the republican side. this is not the way to do it. the way to do it is to make it ease yeeser for them to vote and give them something to vote for they can believe in. jackie, does the white house think that the republicans are actually doing the democratic party a favor by taking on, you know, these issues and passing the laws they ve now passed in