Worried that they may come across as an “all white country club party”, the RNC has hired polling and focus groups to find out just how far they can go in attacking a minority or a female candidate. “Undisciplined messaging” is the term coined by the GOP for the clumsy rhetoric.

Republicans will be told to “be sensitive to tone and stick to the substance of the discussion” and that “the key is that you have to be sensitive to the fact that you are running against historic firsts,” the strategist explained.

In other words, Republicans should expect a severe backlash if they say or do anything that smacks of politicizing race or gender. They didn-t need an expensive poll to learn that lesson, however. [...]

GOP officials are certain their words will be scrutinized ever more aggressively. They anticipate a regular media barrage of accusations of intolerance - or much worse.

Seems someone forgot to send Ann Coulter the memo.