The Times Discovers Black Republicans
Reporter Jennifer Steinhauer's piece on Wednesday, “Black Candidates Pick This Year for G.O.P. Primary Races,” is getting some attention. It's already served the salutary purpose of making NBC reporter Luke Russert look both liberal and naive (Russert claimed, with surprise: “...it's quite interesting, these candidates are actually soliciting support from the tea party, a group that a lot of folks have claimed to be racist against African-Americans”).
While managing to credit Barack Obama for the rise of viable black Republican candidates and throwing in a cheap shot at Tea Party protesters “holding up signs with racially inflammatory language,” Steinhauer provided a mostly fair look at the opportunities and challenges of black Republican candidates:
Among the many reverberations of President Obama’s election, here is one he probably never anticipated: at least 32 African-Americans are running for Congress this year as Republicans, the biggest surge since Reconstruction, according to party officials.
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