I’m sure by now all of you have seen or read Rep. Alan Powell’s comments about the Democratic Party in Politico. In case you haven’t, here’s his take on our state party:
“Democrats have now become the party of the [Atlanta] metro area and of blacks. That’s not to be derogatory. It’s just what it is.”
Of course there were more–delicate, shall we say–ways of putting that, but Powell’s never really been known for mincing words. I do think however, he’s correct. Looking at Mel’s post here, it’s obvious he’s on to something. Moreover, it seems every year we hear the stats that the DPG Primary is overwhelmingly African-American. And looking at the counties Roy carried, if they didn’t have a major city or a significant AA population (meaning at least 40% of the county), we didn’t win.
Anyway, I don’t know what to do for elections or what it all means. Just saying when it comes to the future of the DPG, it is obvious we’ll have to do something entirely different than what we’ve done in the past.
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