More On (Moron) Lott: This is the face of a party that deserves the appallingly low minority vote it gets. The GOP is in a position to control the issues of the 21st century (vouchers, national security, pro-growth economic policy), while the Dems are still wedded to their paleo-interests. But they sacrifice their advantage when they let the southern white establishment run their party. In Lott's defense, he's probably too ignorant to understand this issue. I don't think he realizes that the future of the party belongs to the very people that find him offensive (blacks, latinos, gays, and non-Christian conservatives). Why push these people away?