For God's Sake, Just Stop It

http://news.yahoo.com/dr-ben-carson-president-ill-leave-god-130554763--abc-news-politics.html

Look.  I know we haven't always gotten along in the past, and for the last twelve years or so, it's been pretty rocky between us.  So Republicans, I can understand if you don't want to listen.

But, stop it.

Just.... stop it.

Stop trying to find a minority candidate to solve your problems with minorities.

Michael Steele and Herman Cain, and yes, Ben Carson are not going to suddenly win you votes from people who care about a pluralistic America.

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz - who are conservative Cubans - are not going to win you votes among the other Latino demographics who are liberal.

There is a thing called tokenism.  And minorities are acutely aware of when they are being treated as a token.

If you want to appeal to minorities and women and young people, you need to change your policies.  Simply put, you can't just throw up a minority candidate and expect minorities to vote for you, when your policies - from voter suppression to retrogressive taxation to gutting social spending that benefits the poor - is what makes minorities vote for Democrats.

Not because Obama is a black guy.

And your inability to see that simply drive the message home all the more.