Mehlman needs to stop citing bogus numbers. Bush did not win the 44% of the latino vote reported on election day. That has been thoroughly debunked from both the Right and Left. Subsequent analysis shows that Bush most likely got in the upper 30s to as high as 40%; and while that marks a good improvement over Dole and Bush the Elder, its no better than Reagan's 37% in 1984. Perhaps we should have at least three points to plot on a graph before we declare a trend.
And he should have responded to Dean's demagoguery of two conservative House members. Despite what some think of Tancredo, Mehlman should not have stood for such typical leftist rhetoric that says deviation from the open border/mass immigration line equals bigotry.
And it is a bit disheartening that to win votes we must now brag about how much more we spend. This is of course not limited to attacting Hispanics, as the education bit is trumpted to all groups.
"And he (Mehlman) should have responded to Dean's demagoguery of two conservative House members. Despite what some think of Tancredo, Mehlman should not have stood for such typical leftist rhetoric that says deviation from the open border/mass immigration line equals bigotry."<==================================
Mehlman dare not utter one word in Tancredo's defense . .