> if he did what he's doing now, appealing to the black/hispanic vote early. this is sort of a midwit refrain that is always a calling card to me of someone with their head in the sand to be honest.  democrats have refined and developed their machine to gin up and agitate support amongst minorities. that is their turf. you aren't going to win minorities against them and even if you make some in roads, in order to do so you will lose so much energy with your white base it isn't worth it.  that's not to say you don't throw them some red meat here and there or that you actively try to run them off but there are in fact times when appealing to blacks or hispanics actually hurts your turnout with your core base. basically it's a fools errand- a wild goose chase.  elections are about turnout and agitating your base to get their sorry ass to actually vote. that's it. getting 95% of your base vs 85% is what the election hinges on. what good does it do a republican if they get 15% of the blacks vote vs 7% of thr black vote if it cost them 5% turnout with their core base to achieve that.  it's okay to keep moderates and swing voters in mind. it's ok for a republican to keep minorities in mind and be clever- but that should never be a central part of their campaign strategy. we have seen this time and time again.  how many times have we seen republicans thinking they are clever by running blacks, hispanics, and women (trying to uncut dems) only to never get traction and lose because they ran someone who doesn't even look like their own core base.  if you're selling a product, and your core base is whites- focus on whites. run whites. this helps your turnout with your most critical demographic. this isn't complicated. that doesn't mean you can't make overtures to others like hispanics but it has to be done in a way that isn't central to the campaign.
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