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Steele: GOP needs 'hip-hop' makeover
Ralph Z. Hallow (Contact)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:
Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an off the hook public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party's principles to urban-suburban hip-hop settings.
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There was underlying concerns we had become too regionalized and the party needed to reach beyond our comfort zones, he said, citing defeats in such states as Virginia and North Carolina. We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.
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It will be avant garde, technically, he said. It will come to table with things that will surprise everyone - off the hook.
Washington Times - Steele: GOP needs 'hip-hop' makeover
Ralph Z. Hallow (Contact)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:
Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an off the hook public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party's principles to urban-suburban hip-hop settings.
.......
There was underlying concerns we had become too regionalized and the party needed to reach beyond our comfort zones, he said, citing defeats in such states as Virginia and North Carolina. We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.
.......
It will be avant garde, technically, he said. It will come to table with things that will surprise everyone - off the hook.
Washington Times - Steele: GOP needs 'hip-hop' makeover
