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“Ronald Reagan was so eager to welcome Latinos to the GOP that he described them as ‘Republicans who don’t know it yet.’” And apparently they still don’t know it. Nor will they ever, because they overwhelmingly have big government in their DNA. How about this quote, not mentioned by the WSJ for some reason: “The amnesty was the worst mistake of my presidency.”

You got that right! Reagan was right about many things, but amnesty was a mistake.

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RE :”Ronald Reagan was so eager to welcome Latinos to the GOP that he described them as ‘Republicans who don’t know it yet.’” And apparently they still don’t know it. Nor will they ever, because they overwhelmingly have big government in their DNA. How about this quote, not mentioned by the WSJ for some reason: “The amnesty was the worst mistake of my presidency.”......
You got that right! Reagan was right about many things, but amnesty was a mistake.”

Jeeze, Reagan was 30 years ago. A few things have changed since then. He was not Moses giving us the Ten Commandments.

Back to the present.
Creating lots more Hispanic voters (amnesty) in an attempt to get SOME OF the CURRENT Hispanic voters to vote R when they now vote D is putting the cart BEFORE the Horse.
It is a big gamble that might just create lots more Dem voters, as the last amnesty eventually did.

Instead they (R party)should figure out how to get current Hispanic voters to vote Republican without Handouts before they create any new ones.
Here's a clue. Romney was not going to do that, or convert anyone. No ideas from McCain or Grahmnesty either.

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And the stupidest-—when Karl Rove said illegals would taste it and become so enamored of freedom that they’d embrace America and become model US citizens in every way.