The Bush/Rove/McCain strategy of pandering to Hispanics for most of Bush’s second term is what has cost the GOP, and was one of the main, if not the main factor in the party’s spectacular nosedive from power from the election of 2004 to the election of 2008.
Supporting policies that 60% - 70% of the American people support is going to help the GOP, not hurt it (if they have the collective guts to end the pandering and support enforcement of our laws).
Yes, and Hispanics did not like the GWB second term and flocked to Obama, as Laura and one of the daughters implied they may have done as well.