[CottonBall]

The solution is no amnesty and stick to a conservative message.

The freeloaders will always vote Dem. And we don’t win by pandering. Only by staying conservative and letting the smart voters - of any race - know where we stand.

With an amnesty, however, it’s all over.

[Doug TX]

It’s been pointed out and I’m becoming a believer that there are large segments of the population that don’t know what a ‘conservative message’ is....more specifically, its more important then ever to educate why conservative principles are important.

The younger generation is programmed by democrats who run all the media outlets. This is true for many other slices of the population who are being conditioned to the ‘liberal principles’.

It’s not good enough to say, “if you’re for lower taxes, then you’re a conservative” The populace has been programmed to think they need higher taxes for more programs so this will not resonate with them.

[ari-freedom]

We don’t win by pandering with liberal policies such as amnesty but we also don’t win by ignoring hispanics or insulting their culture. The conservative message transcends culture.

[robert david]

Amnesty is coming no matter what you do. It is now unstoppable. Unfortunately, Republicans have once again shot themselves in both feet by fighting a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. The Dems will take full credit for its passage and will win the Latino vote by an even larger amount in 2012 making it very, very difficult for us to win the presidency from here on out.

Thank the xenophobic far right anti-Hispanic/ anti-immigrant rhetoric and the GOP's refusal to exile such extremists from the party for the current dire situation.