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"..the president will kick conservatives in the teeth in order to woo Latino voters."

Bush is not a conservative, never was, never will be. Like his father, Bush I, he is a "moderate".

His attempts to woo Hispanic voters in this fashion will fail. He is obviously being directed by that evil Carville clone Karl Rove (we should start calling him Karville Rove).
Those Hispanics here already who are legal residents, along with all legal foreign residents should be, and are outraged by this pandering to criminals by the Bush Administration. They actually have filed a suit against the current administration under the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

Those Hispanics here legally who vote have more important concerns than the issue of amensty for illegals. Illegals can't vote until they become citizens. Most Hispanics vote Democratic, but they are a potential source of Republican votes as they have a strong family structure and family values, are generally religious, are social conservatives and a great many of them are hard workers, working long hours, frequently at several jobs, and also become involved in estbalishing their own businesses. The fact that most vote Demcoratic is due to poor salesmanship on the part of Republicans, the fact that a large precentage of them live in urban ares which are controlled by Democratic political machines, and, frankly, prejudice on the part of many Anglo Republicans.

But granting amnesty to illegal invaders will not secure more Hispanic votes. MY suspicion is this agenda is ALSO tied with the Administration's need to pander to the interests of American businesses which supported Bush and want cheap foreign laborers.