[okie01]

Flake is wrong. Being pro amnesty will not help the GOP. McCain went to extreme in supporting illegal aliens in 2008 - yet the Hispanics voted for Obama.

The GOP shouldn't be concerned about the "illegal vote". After all, they can't vote...theoretically.

They should be concerned with the LEGAL Hispanic vote. And they can actually win those votes...but only if they adopt a strong anti-amnesty stance.

In Texas this November, Gov. Greg Abbott was known to oppose amnesty -- and he came close to winning the Hispanic vote (46%). In fact, he did win the Hispanic male vote.

More important, perhaps. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was an even more strident opponent of amnesty -- and he won the Hispanic vote! Moreover, Patrick's Democrat opponent was, wait for it, a "wise Latina".

And this is a perfectly logical result. After all, most legal Hispanics have been here for generations or jumped thru the legal hoops and consider themselves Americans -- not Mexicans or Guatemalans. And just whose jobs are the illegal aliens going to take?

The GOPe needs to open their damn eyes and recognize where their real opportunity lies when it comes to the Hispanic vote. But the stupid SOBs give every evidence of being blind as bats...

[Dante3]

Good points.

[Vigilanteman]

Quite correct! The only reason the Hispanic vote has been trending Democrat is because it has been becoming more and more watered down by those who have been coming to get the free stuff and are less likely to consider themselves Americans. Remember that the original Hispanics in this country included those who fought against Santa Ana.