[LS]

Maybe, but I do think this is a continuing disconnect. You can trash the concept all you want, but it's stupid politics. In the 1800s, the big political machines always had Polish and German speakers for those communities that did not speak English---and history shows that Germans and Poles retained their native tongue far longer than most Hispanic immigrants. So the recall people would be smart to get on this.

[ought-six]

"...and history shows that Germans and Poles retained their native tongue far longer than most Hispanic immigrants. So the recall people would be smart to get on this."

I dispute this. While it may be true that older immigrants may not have learned English to any real extent, the younger generations -- without fail -- became fluent in English quite quickly. On the other hand, there is a great number of hispanic immigrants who not only have not learned English, but refuse to do so, and that transcends generations. Moreover, virtually every immigrant to America embraced America and became Americans. For some peculiar reason, the only group that refuses to do this to any real extent is the hispanics, especially those from Mexico, whose allegiance is staunchly to Mexico and not to the U.S.

[usadave]

Maybe, but I do think this is a continuing disconnect. You can trash the concept all you want, but it's stupid politics. In the 1800s, the big political machines always had Polish and German speakers for those communities that did not speak English---and history shows that Germans and Poles retained their native tongue far longer than most Hispanic immigrants. So the recall people would be smart to get on this.

So this is how things were done a couple of centuries ago? Irrelevant, but interesting nonetheless.