GOP Strategist: GOP Needs To Be Less Old, White And Fat

[kpete]

Ed Rollins: GOP Needs To Be Less Old, White And Fat

Appearing on Fox News Tuesday morning, Rollins was asked whom he would pick as a running mate for presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Rollins said he would choose Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who is a Cuban American, and also addressed criticism of the Republican Party's relative homogeny.

"It is a bunch of old white guys. Unfortunately, a lot of them are fat like me," he said. "We need to basically broaden the base. We need to have more women. We need to have more Latinos. We need to have more African Americans."

Rollins is not exactly out on a limb with his comments.

Research, notably by political scientist Ruy Teixeira, has suggested that various ongoing demographic shifts -- the rising number of Hispanics, a growing gender gap between the two parties and the movement of urban professionals to the Democratic side -- benefit the Democratic Party.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/10/ed-rollins-republican-party-old-white-guys_n_1663304.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[muntrv]

1. Reminds me of the Michael Moore book "Stupid White Men."

http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/stupid-white-men/

[Dawson Leery]

2. And less, fundie, less country, less redneck, less reactionary,....etc....

[HooptieWagon]

3. And less ignorant.

[NNN0LHI]

4. The Old, White And Fat demographic isn't enough to win elections any more

[smirkymonkey]

5. AKA - The Heart Attack Demographic

It's the only thing that's giving me hope these days.

[RagAss]

6. Good luck with that.

[Kolesar]

7. The Archie Bunker cliche'

Sadly, the gop succeeds by demonizing minorities and homosexuals.

[progressivebydesign]

8. the word "TOKEN" comes to mind. that is disgusting. n/t

[AJTheMan]

9. I wonder what they would do if they ran Allen West for President?

Young, black, and in good physical shape.

Not an endorsement, but curious.