Creating a dilemma for a party that has trouble attracting minority support, the White House has told state Republican leaders to stress diversity in selecting delegates for President Bush's renomination next summer.
"It's not a prop," Robert Kjellander, Illinois' Republican National committeeman and a Midwest coordinator for the Bush re-election campaign, said after the state's GOP Central Committee on Thursday approved its delegate-selection plan.
"It's so that the delegation reflects the diversity in the Republican Party. The president has tremendous support in non-traditional areas, and we want to make sure the delegates to the convention reflect that," he said. "This is to meaningfully expand the base of the Republican Party."
Right. Of course, they wouldn't need to expand the base if they had the diversity in the first place, and Rove wouldn't have had to issue orders for the TV look he wanted if it already existed.
Turn the carrier so San Diego doesn't show up on the tube...