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Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie is a staff writer at The American Prospect.

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Here's One Way to Attract Minority Voters

Jamelle BouieMar 29, 2013
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Buzzfeed’s McKay Coppins has a great examination of the Republican Party’s renewed attempt to reach out to minority voters. In short, it’s not just that the GOP needs to recruit nonwhite candidates—it also needs “to overcome is own overwhelming whiteness” as an organization. “There is not a single racial minority among the 20 most senior officials who run the Republican National Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, and National Republican Senatorial Committee,” writes Coppins. And absent any connection to nonwhite communities, it’s difficult to make genuine inroads.

Ringside Seat: Huckabee Puts on His Dick Morris Hat

Jamelle Bouie AND Jaime FullerMar 27, 2013

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee—who at the moment is a talk radio host—gave an exclusive interview to Newsmax TV where he warned of doom (and gnashing of teeth, presumably) if Republicans back away from their opposition to same-sex marriage. When asked if he thought the GOP might pivot away from opposition to marriage equality, he said, “They might. And if they do, they’re going to lose a large part of their base because evangelicals will take a walk." He later elaborated, explaining that “Politicians have an obligation to be thermostats, not just thermometers.

Republicans Still Oppose Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage, Democrats Still Support Them

Jamelle BouieMar 27, 2013
Talking Points Memo

Here's a contrast: At the same time the Supreme Court held oral arguments on a case that could legalize same-sex marriage, North Dakota lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation. It's a sign, argues Sarah Kliff in The Washington Post, that the two have decoupled as issues of controversy, "Younger Americans have become increasingly supportive of gay marriage in a way that hasn’t necessarily happened for abortion rights."

Don't Be on the Wrong Side of History Again

Jamelle BouieMar 26, 2013
Jamelle Bouie


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Gay Marriage Protests at the Supreme Court

Marching Against Marriage Equality

Jamelle BouieMar 26, 2013
Jamelle Bouie

This morning's gathering at the Supreme Court in favor of marriage equality was matched—in numbers if not intensity—by a march against marriage quality on the National Mall, organized by the National Organization for Marriage. A long line of people, two columns deep, walked from one end of the Mall to the other, and then made their way to the steps of the Supreme Court, where they demonstrated against the push for same-sex marriage.

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