Another GOP leader calling attention to the party's struggles.
"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a blunt warning to Republicans Thursday: Their party must regain lost supporters plus blacks, Hispanics and voters on both coasts xxx8212; or risk becoming a permanent minority party with a limited power base.
xxx8220;Wexxx8217;re all concerned about the fact that the very wealthy and the very poor, the most and least educated, and a majority of minority voters, seem to have more or less stopped paying attention to us,xxx8221; McConnell said in a speech at the Republican National Committeexxx8217;s winter meeting. xxx8220;And we should be concerned that, as a result of all this, the Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional party than a national one.xxx8221;
xxx8220;The future of campaigns and elections depends, for both parties, on the ability to attract voters from the Hispanic community,xxx8221; McConnell said. xxx8220;This is particularly true for us, since Hispanic growth is even more dramatic in regions where we do best.xxx8221; He said that nearly 80 percent of Hispanic voters oppose abortion, in line with a bedrock GOP position."
He also said that xxx8220;blaming the media isnxxx8217;t a strategy for success,xxx8221; likening it to blaming a referee for losing a game. But he said that the party should push back aggressively when xxx8220;Democrat ideas fall short.xxx8221;
McConnell issues warning to GOP - Manu Raju - Politico.com