“In 2004, Mr. Bush received 9 percent more of the Hispanic vote than in 2000. In 2005, we will recruit Latino doctors, accountants and teachers who are tired of frivolous lawsuits who will help us push for lawsuit reform and then join the party of Lincoln. In 2004, Mr. Bush received 530,000 more black votes than in 2000. In 2005, we will engage blacks as the nation debates whether faith-based organizations should have a seat at the table and whether public schools need to be more accountable and parents need more choices, and we will broaden the Republican Party with more black support. And we will reach out to Asian American small-business owners and union workers in industrial states who want 21st-century jobs that today are driven offshore by an antiquated 20th-century tax code” — Ken Mehlman, Bush campaign manager and incoming chief of the Republican Party, writing in the Washington Times.