“Danny Diaz, a Republican strategist who worked on Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential campaign, said Republicans recognize they need to improve their image among Hispanic voters.
“This isn’t just about the presidential primary. This about how the party has handled the issue over the course of numerous cycles including midterm cycles,” said Diaz.
“Hispanics are concerned with the economy first and foremost, but if they perceive a party and its candidates to be hostile to an issue like immigration reform, it disallows the conversation to move forward in any meaningful way,” he added. “Republicans have been hurt by the tone and tenor of the conversation. There’s no disputing that”
Quite interesting that neither Kay Bailey nor Kyle are running for re-election - so they could care less what they help push through as they won’t be around to see the horrible results.
Lies.
They had the chance with Zimmerman but they viciously threw him under the bus instead of making even a lame defense of his rights.
Hispanic voters are third class citizens to both parties’ establishment. Behind the white and negro.
Both parties just want open immigration.
Yep. That’s one of the other problems with Rubio. He may be good in some ways, but I’ve never trusted him on this. Notice, too, the way Jeb Bush has been pushing him for VP candidate.
That’s right - give them citizenship. That way they can bring all their siblings, parents, grandparents into the country legally! Grant legality to one and you get the extended family of 25!
Florida Hispanics are the only ones that matter (vote wise).
California, Texas, and Illinois are already pretty much set in stone the way they’ll vote.
A pandering we will go... a pandering we will go...
A problem in this is that whatever age you pick as the cut-off, there will be tragic stories from the people who missed the date by two weeks. Whatever date you pick.
Thats yet another reason why, whatever "reforms" you propose, they must be preceded by securing the border tight as a drum. Because there will always be tragic stories, new ones, whatever you do as long as the border is wide open.
Most people are prepared to be flexible when you have a few sad stories. You can't be flexible when the numbers are 20 million and growing. Cut off the flow of new sad stories, enforce the law on the rest, and the numbers of exceptional cases become manageable. Fail to secure the border, and the exceptional cases become the rule and the problem remains unsolvable.
Anyone, and I include Rubio, who proposes immigration reforms without first securing the border, guarantees that the problem is never solved. Legalize these 20 millions and there will be 20 million more right behind them.
The only answer is the simple one. Secure the border. Enforce the law. Let the chips fall where they may.
Being that most Hispanics are hard workers, they should identify with this:
From a Marine:
I was talking to a friend’s little girl, and she said she wanted to be President some day.
Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her,
‘If you were to be the President, what’s the first thing you would do?’ She replied, ‘I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.’
‘Wow - what a worthy goal.’ I told her, ‘You don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that.
You can come over to my house and mow the grass, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food or a new house.’
She thought that over for a few seconds, ‘cause she’s only 6.
And while her Mom glared at me, the little girl looked me straight in the eye and asked, ‘Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?’
And I said, ‘Welcome to the Republican Party’!
Danny Diaz, a Republican strategist......said Republicans recognize they need to improve their image among Hispanic voters.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________No sh** Sherlock!
I got mine - woohoo!!!
Oh, you're talking about elections...
White Hispanics preferred.
And there have been FReepers wanting Rubio to be the VP pick?
Imagine what we would get in the way of waves of immigration if it were Romney/Rubio.
No and No.