Sanchez received 60% of the hispanic vote in a three-man race last week. His features, including blue eyes (I think), are European. He's not a stranger to Houston politics having served six years on the very important and prominent City Council.
I'm sure there are some who will vote for him thinking he must have strong ties to Mexico because of his last name, but there is a certain percentage of voters who are idiots.
I hope you aren't arguing that the 60% who voted for the conservative Sanchez are idiots, while the remainder who voted liberal are intelligent.
I think Tony Sanchez has blue eyes, too. Hopefully, Hispanics will be turned off by his not-so-scintillating riches-to-riches story. But I wouldn't count on it.
I'm sure there are some who will vote for him thinking he must have strong ties to Mexico because of his last name, but there is a certain percentage of voters who are idiots.
An ethnic group that usually gives 75% of its vote to Democrats doesn't just suddenly give 60% of its vote to a Republican. When Brown starts to tell Hispanics that Orlando Sanchez is Cuban and opposes racial quotas, Sanchez will start to slip.