Wow, that’s terribly cold and calculating.

And it’s consistent with what a Republican friend told me years ago.

I remember being worried about former RNC chair Ken Mehlman’s outreach to blacks, a good eight years ago. And a Republican friend corrected me, telling me not to worry about black voters defecting – the Republicans didn’t want or expect their votes. What they were actually doing was trying to convince white suburban middle-of-the-road soccer moms that Republicans weren’t a hateful, intolerant, racist party because – see! – we’re wooing blacks!

Washington Post:

Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that Romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and approach.