African American youth looking for an alternative

Here's a warning for Democrats and their long term prospects:

Lamell McMorris, an African-American political consultant who heads the Washington-based Perennial Strategies was quoted as saying that "Democrats are still relying on their civil rights record and are not pitching new ideas to young, professional blacks seeking to build businesses and personal wealth." He went on "as time goes on, you're dealing with a generation of individuals who, in their mind, are very far removed from the civil rights movement. 'You cannot keep going on this romanticized, ideological civil rights agenda and think you can reach out to African-Americans of my generation. What the Democrats have not been able to do is to come up with a new vision, a new voice, a new perspective, a way to reach out to younger members of the African-American community," he said. ''In that area, I think the Republicans have done a better job."

Juxtaposed to this Ken Mehlman, chair of the Republican National Committee was quoted in an interview saying "the question people are going to have is, who wants to build on the civil right movement's success -- closing the wealth gap, closing the health gap, offering people real access to opportunity?"