How not to bring back the Republican Party

I really wanted a different headline, but it wouldn't fit.

So Chip Saltsman recently distributed a CD to other Republicans with a song parody that is pretty hard not to describe as "racist."  Now look - this is clearly stupid and idiotic, but you never know.  Maybe it was just a joke.  Maybe Chip's new to politics, or doesn't really get involved in the political side of things that often.

In fact, as you probably know, this isn't the case at all.  Saltsman is a candidate to become chairman of the RNC - essentially, a position where one's knowledge of how to handle political situtations is all that matters.  More amazing, though, is the fact that this issue has become something on which (some) Republicans are actually rallying around him!

I don't understand!  Your party just got demolished in an election, and your response is gonna be, "Yeah, I know he didn't realize that race is a sensitive issue in this country, but I still think he's got enough of a pulse on the people to be our party's chief political strategist."  Seriously?!

I don't care what your party stands for or what you think the country stands for - if you don't try to claim the center/moderate ground you're merely endangering yourself as a party.