We have control of the House now and a small minority in the Senate - and we are getting Democrat legislation. We also have the White HOuse. If a President cannot get good legislation through under those circumstances, he is not much of a politician. That argument won't wash. Remember, when we had control of both houses - did anything get done. I will agree, however, less destructive action came out of Washington than is coming out now.
The Democrats have 51 (counting Jeffords) and have had that total since May of LAST year. We got some good stuff that a lot of conservatives LIKE throughthe House, but Daschle's bottled a lot of good stuff up in the Senate.
Furthermore, I am not aware that the conservative message or the Republican party was not appropriate for Hispanics or any other race or group of people. Quite frankly, I'm not sure I like the notion that we should not reach out to certain groups who might agree with us on a number of issues, like Hispanics.
There seem to be some rather sharp Hispanic Republicans, particularly a guy running in the new 39th district in California. The gubernatorial candidate in New Mexico for the GOP also looks sharp and conservative, too. If anything, I'd want to get more candidates like those two.