The problem in speaking this undeniable truth is that when it comes from any liberal (like me), or anyone in the media (liberal bias), or ANY black person including Colin Powell, it is considered to be just so much crap. It has to start coming from the top tier of Southern Republicans to have any meaning. Like maybe confederate governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour who responded to what Colin Powell said later on Meet the Press by saying he was a friend of Powell’s “before he went political” and that he disagrees with him on “certain” issues. The GOP is becoming a Southern White party, with the states where no one lives following close behind.