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(New) My Advice to the Republicans 3/3--"Don #39;t Ever Send Black Republicans To Recruit Black People"
This is the final installment in my 3-part series on how the RNC could improve its minority outreach. People loved the original video, but everyone complained about the sound, so I #39;ve recorded...

By: Chris L. Robinson

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WASHINGTON Senate Republicans on Wednesday derailed a Democratic drive to raise the federal minimum wage, blocking a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's economic plans and ensuring the issue will be a major feature of this fall's congressional elections.

Facing the threat of a GOP takeover of the Senate, Democrats have forced votes on a procession of bills designed to amplify their message of economic fairness. Republican senators accused Democrats of playing politics by pushing a minimum-wage measure designed to lure voters but too expensive for employers and sure to result in lost jobs and higher inflation.

"This is about trying to make this side of the aisle look bad," said No. 2 Senate GOP leader John Cornyn of Texas.

The legislation, by Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, would increase the $7.25 hourly minimum wage for American workers in three steps until it reached $10.10 after 30 months. The minimum has been at $7.25 since 2009.

"The vast majority of the American people support an increase in the minimum wage," said Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, in charge of Democrats' races this year. "(Opponents will) be subject to the observation that their priorities are somehow decoupled from the priorities of the American people."

All but daring Republicans to vote against the measure, Harkin said before the vote, "Who's going to vote to give these people a fair shot at the American dream? And who's going to vote against it?"

The answer came when senators voted 54-42 to continue debating the legislation six votes short of the 60 needed to keep the measure moving forward. Every voting Republican but one Bob Corker of Tennessee voted no.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada was the only Democrat to vote with the Republicans, a procedural move that will let Reid call for another vote.

Obama reacted with pointedly political remarks at a White House event with low-wage workers.

"We saw this morning a majority of senators saying yes, but almost every Republican saying no to giving America a raise," he said.

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Reid Pushes Republicans to Take Up Minimum Wage Bill
Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday called on Republicans to allow the Senate to advance a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, saying...

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Republicans Wrong on the Minimum Wage
Republicans in Congress seem dead set against giving hardworking Americans earning the minimum wage a small raise to $10.10/hour. But Congressional Republica...

By: American Bridge 21st Century

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If Obama is a huge buzzword for Republicans this election cycle, a close second in Colorado must be "unity."

The Grand Old Party in the state is departing from past practice and trying to avoid the fractious primaries that have hobbled it for years.

State Rep. Mark Waller was the latest Republican to use the word, when he dropped out of the attorney general's race Monday and backed his one-time primary rival. In his news release, Waller said he was promoting "unity behind the Republican ticket."

Ryan Call, director of the Colorado Republican Party, thanked Waller for his work to "unite the party" behind Cynthia Coffman, the chief deputy attorney general.

"Unity" was the theme when a Republican recently withdrew from his legislative race.

And the unity motif made national news earlier this year when the three top contenders in the GOP race for U.S. Senate bowed out and threw their support to Congressman Cory Gardner, believing he had a better chance of defeating Democrat Mark Udall in November.

"We're recognizing we can't spend all of our energy and resources fighting each other," said state Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, who dropped out of the U.S. Senate race. "We are genuinely moving toward unity."

Call said he can't remember another election where so many GOP candidates cited unity as they withdrew from their races and supported the front-runner.

"The stakes are so high we just can't afford to be divided," Call said in an interview this week. "The old way of doing things is not a recipe for success. Republicans are finally realizing that."

Rick Palacio, chairman of the Colorado Democratic Party, countered that "unity means absolutely nothing when you have bad candidates and bad ideas."

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Colorado Republicans unite behind front-runner in Senate, other races