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Tom Davis: Republican Party Has Become "A Private Club With An Admissions Test"
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| Contributor | karin1492 |
| Last Edited | karin1492 Apr 20, 2009 03:36pm |
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| News Date | Monday, April 20, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Rep. Tom Davis warned on Saturday night that the Republican Party he has been a part of throughout his career had become "a private club with an admissions test," destined to long-term minority status without major structural changes.
Speaking before the pro-gay rights Log Cabin Republicans, Davis, a long-serving Virginia Republican, warned that "cultural issues" and a lack of diversity (especially within cities) "has been killing" the GOP. The "old coalition," he concluded, simply "isn't working."
"We have been spiraling downhill," he said. "This administration, as they start making their decisions, it is going to be change some people can't believe in...The question for us is, as a party, are we going to be a welcome mat for these people? Or are we going to demand an admissions test and become a club? If that's the way we go, we are not going to be able to capitalize. We are not going to be able to grow. And we are not going to be able to govern."
Davis' remarks reflected much of the tone of the Log Cabin national convention. Steve Schmidt, who managed the McCain campaign in 2008, and Meghan McCain, the senator's daughter, both offered similarly biting and pessimistic takes on the exclusiveness of the GOP. Davis, however, offered the perspective of someone with a front row seat to watch his party's stumbles. |
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