"Only if all of the Hispanics in the US are illegal."
First, if by this remark you mean that Hispanics here legally will not support a candidate who insists on enforcing the immigration laws, then I choose not to pander to those Hispanic voters and instead vote for someone who will uphold the rule of law.
Second, IIRC polls show that Americans of Hispanic descent favor enforcement of the immigration laws.
I realize that someone like Tacredo would not win the Islamic vote or the La Raza vote. However, for each one of those he would lose, I bet he would pick up three American votes for the courageous positions he takes.
He might. But in any case he does start out (assuming a lot) with baggage, that's all. When you talk about bombing cities and mosques, it does give pause to some. Both sides need sacrificial lambs to say what the candidates or the President can't. Do you think that if Kennedy or Durbin were running for president, their rhetoric would be the same as it has been?