Reply #28: You hit the nail on the head, Solly.

[Dhalgren]

It is entirely understandable why some people (black/white/red/brown) would ask of the Democrats, "why have you suddenly become so oppositional?" I suppose "better late than never", would serve, but not very well.

I think, that if any individual believes that his/her own best interests, or those of his/her people (whatever that might mean), are best served by the Republican Party then they should vote that way and join that party. So if a large number of African Americans join the Republican party, we must assume that they are doing so based on their own best interests. A party doesn't "lose" votes, a party fails to "earn" votes. The sooner everyone grasps this, the better.

Democrats have got to stop thinking that they as a party are entitled to certain votes and voter blocs; it isn't true...