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"What is quite remarkable is that even when we consider Texas alone we find that, as the immigrant population has grown across its 254 counties, the Republican vote share has declined from where it stood 30 years ago. Estimates for California and Texas appear in Table 4. For Texas, the estimate shows that for every 1 percent increase in the immigrant presence in a county, the Republican vote share dropped by 0.67 percentage points, which is considerably higher than the impact nationally. A one standard deviation (σ=6.07) increase in the percentage of immigrants taking up residence in Texas counties, translates into a four percentage-point drop in Republican Party prospects, controlling for income and the percentage of black residents. Contrary to conventional wisdom, immigration is precisely why the GOP has lost so much ground in the most heavily Latino areas of South Texas, as well as in the larger urban counties." So if Karl Rove was so brilliant, why didn't he understand this and invite, rather than ban, Tom Tancredo from the White House?

So if Karl Rove was so brilliant, why didn't he understand this and invite, rather than ban, Tom Tancredo from the White House?

Karl Rove is a legend in his own mind. Bush and Rove's push for anmesty divided the GOP and helped the Dems brand it as a racist party.

We had the sorry spectacle of people like Karl Rove and Lindsey Graham castigating their fellow Republicans who opposed amnesty using such epithets as bigots, racists, and nativists. These criticisms just reinforce the Democrat branding of the GOP and alienate minorities who perceive that they are not welcome in the party. Moreover, being branded as a “racist” political party hurts the GOP in recruiting new members, regardless of race or ethnicity. America is not a racist country and no one wants to be associated with a racist organization.

one can tell you missed the battles here over this 4 years ago...we asked the same thing

answer: political correctness...the incredibly naive notion that most immigrants who come here illegal or otherwise will be conservative because we are such a cool country..

and completely ignoring all the evidence to the contrary

Bush and Rove knew some conservative latinos and Jeb by God had married one so what the heck right?