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i -ijr'n'r'm 'irr V- THE PALM BEACH POST MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 5A Amid signs of change, GOP reaching out to minorities The GOP is promoting its "New Majority charged with recruiting minority candidates. risk of alienating the Asian-American community in 1998 and 2000 with their vigorous, high-profile pursuit of alleged campaign finance abuses, much in the same way they did with Hispanic, in 1996 pushing immigration reform. And, political experts add that the GOP faces a particularly tough road in trying to elect minorities to Congress. Of the 40 House races waged by black Republicans in 1994 and 1996, the elections that marked' the ascendancy of the GOP, blacks won only three. And is only one black GOP congressman, J.C.

Watts of Oklahoma. varrete, spokeswoman for the National Council of La Raza. "But it does indicate there's been a lot of reflection and reassessment of where the GOP has been with (minority) communities," she added. Indeed, the GOP's renewed effort to attract minorities comes as Republican congressional leaders are backing off plans to trim some immigration levels. The GOP and its allies also are stepping up efforts to promote school choice as a way to improve urban education.

And blacks are showing a lot of interest. But political scientists suggest the GOP faces a major challenge. For one, Republicans are at More importantly, and in contrast to Atwater's largely rhetorical "Big Tent" efforts, the "New Majority Council" will become an institution within the Republican National Committee under the direction of party co-chair Pat Harrison. "We're going to take this a step beyond anything that Lee tried to do," said Levy. But minorities particularly blacks and Hispanics are cautious about the new Republican initiative.

"If this is just a PR, marketing effort that doesn't reflect fundamental changes in the way Republicans do business, it's going to be problematic," said Lisa Na- chairmanship of the late Lee At-water. "We've got a lot to overcome," Michael Levy, spokesman for the Republican National Committee, acknowledged in an interview Friday. "But we know that we're reaching out to people who share our beliefs and it's time to connect all the dots." The GOP with an obvious eye toward the 1998, and even 2000 election campaigns plans to spend 1.2 million over the next year to promote its "New Majority Council," which will be charged not only with recruiting minority candidates but also with getting the GOP message out to minority groups. By Scott Shepard Palm Beach Post Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Shortly af-Xet the 1996 presidential campaign, Bob Dole's vice-presidential running mate Jack Kemp quipped that he helped the Republican Party double its support among African-Americans. as Kemp's tongue-in-cheek remark suggested, a jump fipm 6 percent to 12 percent is not enough to make the GOP a majority parry.

Likewise, the unsuccessful Dole-Kemp ticket got only 28 percent of the Hispanic vote against President Clinton in 1996, largely as a result of the GOP's anti-immigration rhetoric in such important states as Florida, Texas and California. However, there are an increasing number of signs that the Republican Party recognizes and regrets the error of its ways in dealing with minorities going back three decades. On Tuesday, for instance, the party will announce its latest minority outreach program, the first serious effort at attracting minorities to the GOP since the short In brief Call now to save on steam carpet cleaning A tar irX I I hi, 11 A- -if I i i fj Report: Nichols using extra cell foftm Beach Post Wire Services DENVER Oklahoma City bombing defendant Terry Nichols has been using a neighboring cell equipped with a vid-eOcasette recorder as an office to help prepare his defense, News-ifieek reported. 6-by-8-foot cell at the Federal Correctional Institution iS rcrammed with thousands of pages of transcripts, legal briefs aftd witness statements, and Nfchols uses the VCR for viewing footage related to the bombing. Nichols' attorneys say the setup allows Nichols to assist in the defense for his trial, which begins Sept.

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