The only thing that may change about the GOP is the color of their leader's skin.From all appearances,it seems that Michael Steele has elected to carry the same old antiquated message of the Republican party.Here's more from The Huffington Post:
"RNC Chairman Michael Steele took to the Sunday talk show circuit for the first time since he was elected to the post. And while he pledged to help restore the Republican Party to a more powerful perch, he outlined a game plan that seemed reminiscent of years past.
Pressed by Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace, Steele diagnosed the GOP ills as a problem of the messenger but not the message -- he even suggested that the party should look back to New Gingrich's Contract With America for inspiration.
"We failed to lead," said the former Lt. Maryland Governor. "The principles we espoused [in 1994] are still true and good today and that's not what people moved away from us for. They moved away from us because we behaved badly. We came to Washington and we became like the people we were sent here to replace. And they replaced us."
That mindset extended itself throughout the conversation on policy and politics, where Steele did little to distance himself from the issues that defined the GOP's poor showing in recent elections. He put forward Gov. Sarah Palin's name -- among others -- as the future of Republican leadership. And on immigration, he pledged "no change in the position on the party..."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/01/steele-the-gop-does-not-h_n_162896.html
Will picking Michael Steele really diversify a party that looks like an all-white country club? Not if they don't do more than "reach out to minorities".They need to be concerned with the needs of the underprivileged as well.But,as we all know,they are all about business.I hope that he really will concern himself with the issues of the poor,as he claims.It would be a return to how the Republican party used to be during the antebellum period.
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