[kesg]

That's a bogus comparison. California has been collecting fruits and nuts from all over America for the last 50 years. That's liberal Mecca. That has nothing to do with Prop 187. Scott McKenzie was singing about people with flowers in their hair in 1968...what kind of reception would a guy with flowers in his hair received in Texas in 1968?

1968? Hmm...Nixon won there in 1968 and 1972. Ford won there in 1976. Reagan won there in 1980 and 1984. President Bush Sr. won there (albeit barely) in 1988. Since then, the GOP candidate has lost in California by large margins. So, the political problems there are much more recent than 1968, at least at the Presidential level.

Now, compare that with Texas. From 1968 to 2004, only one Democrat has won here -- Carter (barely) in 1976. Demographically, we have had the same growing Hispanic population as California. But politically, this state was Rat-infested at the state level. This began to change in the mid-1990s, and now Republicans run the state government at all levels.

The difference, I think, is that here in Texas, the GOP sees Hispanics as potential supporters. So, they work to earn their votes. In California, the state GOP sees Hispanics as enemies. Both states are heavily populated, with a large percentage of Hispanic voters. So, the GOP does well here and gets creamed in California. Well, duh!

[gogeo]

I believe there's a large difference between the D voter in Texas and the D voter in California. Nixon and Reagan were both from California, had won statewide elections. Ford? I don't know. But as you pointed out, the numbers have been getting worse since.

Most surveys I've seen suggest that legal immigrants despise illegals.