if the gop doesnt find a way to win a sizable share of the hispanic vote, it will be a permanently minority party. the investment needs to be made. i think hispanics would be very open to a conservative message - we just need to make sure the message gets there.
If the GOP can not begin to make progress among Hispanics, Texas will become a Democratic State by 2020 if not sooner. That would be a game ender.
The Texans of Hispanic origin that I know are very conservative but some still vote for the democrat party out of habit and family unity issues (the older ones vote D, the younger ones do also out of respect). However, they are not as lock-step as blacks so it should be easier to appeal to them.
In Texas, if one can marginalize Austin and a few border counties, the GPO should be solid here.
Agreed - I would add Blacks as well. There are a lot of blacks I know who are very socially conservative. They just vote democrat because they always have. A lot of them are really uncomfortable with abortion and gay marriage.
but mostly, if the idiotic and arrogant "conservatives" keep handing wins to Rats because they vote third party, then nothing matters....
it started in earnest with Perot, and it continues...it is the only reason we have two leftist senators in Washington state, and that we have any question about who got elected in Minnesota....
I suspect that the arrogant third party people who say they are conservative have elected tons of Rats just in the last 20 yrs....good going....