It's no secret that the Republican party has made "outreach" to minorities a priority. Last May, we reported on the Republican National Committee's Cinco de Mayo celebration, which included the hiring of three sombrero-wearing guitarristas to serenade partygoers in front of the party's Washington headquarters on Capitol Hill. Now the effort is being expanded. At last week's RNC meeting in San Jose, the party brought together 14 working-class Hispanics for an hour-long focus group to discuss a Dick Armey health-care proposal. As RNC chief of staff Tom Cole explained: "If we can get past stereotypes and get to issues that matter to people, party doesn't really matter much." The RNC provided the usual focus-group inducements to the participants -- $ 50 and dinner. Oh, and in the getting-past-stereotypes department, the party chieftains provided one other thing: a mariachi band.