GOP's problem with Latinos -- as big as Texas

[RedDead1981]

GOP's problem with Latinos -- as big as Texas - CNN.com

San Diego, California (CNN) -- In Texas, where voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, politics can be brutal.

Case in point: the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. It's rough and dirty and personal. And, whether it ends Tuesday or continues on to a run-off on July 28, it could blow up all the bridges that Republicans in Texas built over the years to Hispanic voters.

This is because, in the 11th hour, the primary went down a muddy road. That is, if you think that accusing a candidate with a Spanish surname of favoring "amnesty" for illegal immigrants -- with no evidence to back it up -- is hitting below the belt because it raises questions about divided loyalties and feeds into the perception that all Hispanics favor open borders and unlimited immigration.

 

[WilliamB]

Oh, and the problem will only get bigger!

YouTube - Romney: Extreme on Immigration

 

[Maren]

WilliamB,

You seem to be making the same mistake as what the article claims is the Republican mistake -- that all Hispanics favor an open border. The fact is that Romney, likely in part because of his "extreme immigration position", will win Texas in November.

 

[Rion]

Cruz sounds like a good candidate, and that ad sounds thin... but so does the author's claim why the group did it. More likely, they knew amnesty is a big deal in TX and waited until the last moment to make a claim that'd hurt him. It's in poor judgement to blame race because the guy's last name "sounds Hispanic."
The fact that he used some git emailing him to "prove his point" just makes him look silly. Remember that NC "pastor" who was rambling about gays? I've had stupid atheists tell me that's what they'd do to religious people. It'd be like me using an email from them to "prove" that a major faction in the atheist group want to make death camps for Christians.

 

[KarateCowboy]

Yay more identity politics!

A person's race does not determine who they are as a person, so it's not important; that's why we pay so much attention to it!

 

[Rion]

Oh, and the problem will only get bigger!

- Romney: Extreme on Immigration[/url

The article's author isn't a fan of Obama either:

[url]http://pjmedia.com/blog/obama-administration-lies-about-illegal-immigrant-deportations/

 

[SOAD]

GOP's problem with Latinos -- as big as Texas - CNN.com

Let's not forget the GOP's problem with women, blacks. gays and most all other groups not white. I cannot understand why anybody would support such a party.

 

[chaz345]

Most Hispanics that are here legally support tougher enforcement on illegal immigration, along with reforming the system of legal immigration which is exactly what the repubs support. The only reason that repubs have a problem with Hispanics is because of the one's here that can (illegally) vote, something dems seem to have no problem with since they vehemently oppose anything that's been suggested to get that problem solved.

 

[chaz345]

Let's not forget the GOP's problem with women, blacks. gays and most all other groups not white. I cannot understand why anybody would support such a party.

The GOP's only problem with those groups comes from the fact that the Dems have managed to masterfully create the illusion that Repubs somehow have a problem with those groups. I can't understand why anyone would support a party that is so devoid of actual ideas and solutions that they have to stoop to such blatant fearmongering as the Dems do.

 

[SOAD]

The GOP's only problem with those groups comes from the fact that the Dems have managed to masterfully create the illusion that Repubs somehow have a problem with those groups. I can't understand why anyone would support a party that is so devoid of actual ideas and solutions that they have to stoop to such blatant fearmongering as the Dems do.

blame the dems



LOL

 

[WilliamB]

WilliamB,

You seem to be making the same mistake as what the article claims is the Republican mistake -- that all Hispanics favor an open border. The fact is that Romney, likely in part because of his "extreme immigration position", will win Texas in November.

Um, you do know that Texas is a red state right?

 

[WilliamB]

Most Hispanics that are here legally support tougher enforcement on illegal immigration, along with reforming the system of legal immigration which is exactly what the repubs support. The only reason that repubs have a problem with Hispanics is because of the one's here that can (illegally) vote, something dems seem to have no problem with since they vehemently oppose anything that's been suggested to get that problem solved.

Most Hispanics support the Dream Act which the GOP apposed and continues to do so. The GOP prefers self deportation and building fences. Sorry, not gonna find many Hispanics that support self deportation and fences.

 

[WilliamB]

The GOP's only problem with those groups comes from the fact that the Dems have managed to masterfully create the illusion that Repubs somehow have a problem with those groups. I can't understand why anyone would support a party that is so devoid of actual ideas and solutions that they have to stoop to such blatant fearmongering as the Dems do.

No, I think the GOP did that all by themselves. Now that it's election time, the chickens are coming home to roost. Maybe they'll try pandering again and pick Rubio. I'm getting Palin flashbacks.

 

[SOAD]

No, I think the GOP did that all by themselves. Now that it's election time, the chickens are coming home to roost.

Can't we just blame the dems? It is much more fun that way!

 

[stamperben]

Here in Texas it's the Perry conservative vs. the tea drinkers® conservative. The debates have been nasty and the race follows suit. the end result will be a runoff between the two big names of Cruz and Dewhurst due to the participation of two other not so big name conservatives who hadn't been offered tea to drink. So we will get yet another whole month of the dirty ads and innuendos.

Joy...

In November it will be a slam dunk for the winner of that runoff as the Dem won't have a chance. But hey! If I don't vote for him then why even have a campaign?

 

[Rion]

Here in Texas it's the Perry conservative vs. the tea drinkers® conservative. The debates have been nasty and the race follows suit. the end result will be a runoff between the two big names of Cruz and Dewhurst due to the participation of two other not so big name conservatives who hadn't been offered tea to drink. So we will get yet another whole month of the dirty ads and innuendos.

Joy...

In November it will be a slam dunk for the winner of that runoff as the Dem won't have a chance. But hey! If I don't vote for him then why even have a campaign?

I guess True Believers don't have pull down there, eh?

 

[stamperben]

I guess True Believers don't have pull down there, eh?

There's always Austin!

Thought I'd gone back in time and was back in Berkeley the first time I was there a few years ago.

 

[chaz345]

Most Hispanics support the Dream Act which the GOP apposed and continues to do so. The GOP prefers self deportation and building fences. Sorry, not gonna find many Hispanics that support self deportation and fences.

Hispanics that immigrated here legally have some of the harsher positions against illegal immigration out there.

 

[Panzerkamfwagen]

Hispanics that immigrated here legally have some of the harsher positions against illegal immigration out there.

If I was an immigrant, I would, too.

Every single "undocumented immigrant" is a criminal. Every. Single. One.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

It's nicely counterbalanced by the Democratic Party's problem with white voters.