I don't see how. What should republicans be saying to black people? How could they beat the democrats up with this?
Again, not that i agree with it, but they could point at the fact that Obama hasn't really done anything about Ferguson, bring up that he hasn't done THAT much for the black community etc. They can criticize every little thing he does internationally, but a HUGE crisis like this and he gives a 10 min speech and sends Eric Holder. They could also point out the Democratic governor doesn't seem to care about black people all that much either. Again, I don't agree with any of these points, just strategically speaking, they could easily put a dent on the stronghold the Dems have on African Americans.
I say it all the time. They're more conservative than a lot of white people.
Yup, It's hard pressed to find a black person over 35 who isn't pro life and anti gay marraige. As a whole, blacks are a very religious people, but they vote democrat for economic purposes. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, black people were notoriously Republican until Kennedy. MLK was in jail and asked for Nixon's help i believe, and Nixon was too busy campaigning, thinking that he didn't need to really focus on the black vote. Kennedy saw that as an opportunity, went to visit MLK in jail and black people have been voting democrat ever since.