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TAKE IT THE BANK br> Re: Jennifer Rubin's Going Where the Voters Are : /p>

Jennifer Rubin suggests that Republicans keep in mind Willie Sutton's advice to rob banks because "that's where the money is." However prolific Willie was, he had the brains to not jump the fence at Fort Knox. Doubtless Ms. Rubin would thus characterize Willie a bit on the cautious side.

p>White male Republicans do not show up at NAACP or equivalent gatherings because the attendees have been historically hostile, impolite and only provide video and sound bites for the opposition. American blacks are by far the most monolithic voting block in the country, almost inevitably going 95% Democrat. And it's politics, not race, as proven by the failed candidacies in 2006 of Michael Steele in Maryland and Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio (see br> Washington Post article ). Their minds are closed; there is nothing positive to be gained by approaching them, and more than a little to lose. /p> p>As to many other Democratic core constituencies, visits by Republican Conservatives to national gatherings can only have similar results: hostility, impoliteness and video and sound bites for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, PBS, NPR, etc. If there is any hope for engineering a change in attitudes, it has to be done at the lowest level, more likely in churches than any other venue, and give people something to think about, a few dozen at a time. br> -- Frank Natoli br> Newton, New Jersey

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