After Bill’s Fall, G.O.P. May Pay in Latino Votes
July 1st, 2007 . by TexasFredLOS ANGELES, June 30 — Many Republican lawmakers returned to their home districts in triumph this week, having beat back a comprehensive immigration bill that many of their constituents had denounced as untenable.
But the bill’s demise may have greatly damaged the party’s ability to meet its enduring goal of attracting a large percentage of the growing number of Hispanic voters — thousands of whom are ostensibly in line with the party on a host of other issues, said many Republican lawmakers, consultants and Hispanic voters.
“There may be some short-term gain from this,†said Linda Chavez, who served in the Reagan administration and is now chairwoman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a conservative public policy group. “But in the long term, it is disastrous for the Republican Party.â€
The complex political dynamic that formed the failure of the immigration bill — one that sought to give legal status to millions of illegal immigrants while providing enhanced security to the nation’s borders — went far beyond partisan alliances.
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After Bill’s Fall, G.O.P. May Pay in Latino Votes
Sounds like a story only the New York Times would run, and it should be titled “President Bush and cohorts chew on sour grapes“…
Hispanics in this nation have traditionally voted Democrat, when they vote, very similar to the way the majority of blacks vote, both groups have historically supported the Dems and continually been screwed over BY them in the process…
The New York Times has once again championed the cause of the left, it’s nice to know one thing about the NYT, if nothing else, they ARE consistently ignorant…
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The fatal flaw that I see in the GOP strategy and that of Bush is thinking that they have even the most REMOTE chance of attracting the Mexican vote. Flawed GOP thinkers believe that Mexicans are traditionally “conservative” and tend to vote that way. I don’t really believe that for a moment and certainly not NOW, now that we have TRAINED Mexicans and other illegals to EXPECT their very own clot of ENTITLEMENTS.
We can only do what we do best: as Conservatives, appeal to the individualism in people, to the best in people, to responsibility and integrity in people, to reliance in a free market and free expression, to the good and true values that MADE this country and that also includes RELIGION, and includes CHARACTER, and includes the DOING AWAY of micro-management by Government and various forms of regulation; to include strength in our ARMIES, strength in our NAVY, strength in our AIR FORCE, strength in our economy, strength in and investment in our creativity, our intelligence, our brilliance, our work ethic, our boldness, our belief in the essential concepts of Good and Evil.
If people don’t trundle along with our beliefs well, then, I know WHY that’s occurring. . .
BZ
Just my opinion, but if the Republicans think that they will ever garner the support of the majority of Latino voters based upon pandering; I have to wonder just what the heck they have been smoking.
The Republican Party needs to review just what it is, as well as what it stands for. It needs to be a party of honesty and integrity that sticks to it’s principles, whatever those may be.