As Eric Pfeiffer notes over at our new “Beltway Buzz” feature, two Republicans are calling on Howard Dean to apologize for saying that the GOP couldn’t fill a hotel ballroom with “people of color” unless they brought in the hotel staff. Let me quote the complaint: “In his comments to the Democratic Black Caucus, Dean equates African-Americans who support Republicans to ‘hired help.’ This kind of backward thinking reminds us of a horrible time in history when blacks were only seen as servants.” Give me a break. Dean is saying, hyperbolically, that there aren’t many blacks or other nonwhites in the Republican party. He’s right. I’ve been to many, many Republican dinners where most nonwhites present have been serving the food. (Or giving the keynote.) If Republicans are bothered when people make that observation, they should try to make it less true.