GOP's 'mad men' won't woo black voters
OPINION - Recently, the GOP has seized on potential African-American conservative stars like famed Johns Hopkins surgeon Dr. Ben Carson, only to have them go up in a ball of rhetorical flames...
Do the Republicans need J.C. Watts to win?
ANALYSIS - Republicans are now actively discussing how to win over minority voters. The proof will be in how they actually execute that vision...
JC Watts 'encouraged' to run for RNC chairman
theGRIO REPORT - Former African-American congressman J.C. Watts has reportedly been "encouraged" to run for RNC chairman, according to a report from Politico...
Are black conservatives making a comeback?
theGRIO REPORT-Are black conservatives making a comeback? And can the new class of black Republicans bring more African-Americans to the Republican Party?...
Watts emerges as key ally of controversial Gingrich
theGRIO REPORT - Watts has campaigned aggressively for his former colleague, even as other African-Africans have accused Gingrich of race-baiting for his attack on President Obama as a 'food stamp president'...
Watts: GOP needs more blacks 'at the strategists' table'
theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. J.C. Watts said Monday the Republican presidential candidates needed to have more blacks 'at the strategists' table' to woo black voters and help them avoid controversial statements that might offend African-American voters...
Watts strongly backs Gingrich in speech
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. J.C. Watts, who was one of the top leaders in the Congress in the 1990s and is one of the most famous black Republicans in the country, repeatedly praised former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in a speech here on Thursday...
Santorum on defense after racial welfare remark
theGRIO REPORT - Faced with questions over his statement Monday to an Iowa audience that he doesn't want to 'make black people's lives better by giving them other people's money,' Rick Santorum walked back those comments on Tuesday..
JC Watts expected to endorse Newt Gingrich
theGRIO REPORT - JC Watts, Jr., a former Republican congressman, is expected to endorse Newt Gingrich for president imminently...
Black caucus swears in first GOP member in years
WASHINGTON (AP) - A strident conservative, Allen West is the first Republican to join the caucus since Rep. Gary Franks of Connecticut lost his seat in 1997...
