We don't need them all, just the smart ones.
In four years, Bush doubled the GOP Hispanic vote.
The intent of your OP got lost in 1800+ posts. Let me congratulate you on an excellent post (and your anniversary).
Yesterday, I made a post that basically said that while I agree with the issues (for the most part) of the border bots, their spokespeople are HORRIBLE, and most of the time I don't want to admit I'm on their side. They're all Patrick Henrys and no Jeffersons. If I see another post with single word sentences or sentence fragments ending with exclamation points, I'll scream. Except for a few (Spiff, Vicomte13), most of them come across as pitchforkers. All heat and no light.
Hopefully the cooler heads will rise to the top and become the face for the border control movement.
GW Bush is not running in 2008. The Hispanic vote is not one voting bloc or easy to define. Cuban-Americans vote heavily for the GOP. Puerto Rican-Americans vote heavily Dem. In any event, pandering to the Hispanic vote or the black vote by compromising your principles or even worse, approving a bill that could seriously damage the very foundation of this country goes beyond partisan politics.
If this pandering for votes results in the loss of support from part of your base, then the Republicans LOSE. Can you dig it?
Sometimes you can be too clever by half. It sounds like this strategery came from the brain of Karl Rove who almost lost the election to the most liberal senator from the most livberal state in country despite having a good economy and the advantages of incumbency.