This story provides insight into the strategy of the Republican Party under the direction of Party Chairman Michael Steele. There are a good number of facts quoted throughout the story without source information, making it difficult to fact check.

While this article was old news, it's still relevant in as much as Mr. Steele is Black, and doesn't believe thats the reason he was elected. If Obama isn't elected, neither is Steele. What a lot of people don't understand is that the older Afro-Americans are mostly conservative. They are against Gays and abortion. They would gladly vote Republican, if they had a shiver of an idea of what to do next.

The article provides a forum for Steele's story to be read. The picture presented is quite general, without much of detail nor controversy.

Interesting revelation of agreement with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on abortion & guns; otherwise, not much new ground

The article offers facts about African American's relationship with the Republican Party, but without attribution. The only support for statements like "A widely-held belief is that the Republican strategy is now to glean from the Obama euphoria in order to win back defected Republicans and African-American votes in four years" comes from the lone voice who is critical of Steele, which happens to be a National Newspaper Publishers Association columnist. Finally, the writing switches ... More »

The story seems to be pretty focused on the issue and doesn’t stray off into insignificant details. Several sources are cited in the article and the writer gives some history of the Republican Party as to provide some context for readers to keep in mind.