“I understand what he’s up to - he knows if the GOP offends the Hispanics, an essentially socially conservative voting block....”
I don’t know what you’ve been drinking, but it must be used for cleaning engine parts. Hispanics are “an essentially conservative voting block?” Give me a break! Hispanics are just about the biggest socialists on the planet. Name me ONE hispanic-dominated country that is not socialist. Spain? Socialist. Any country in South America? Socialist. Any country in Central America? Socialist. Mexico? Socialist. Puerto Rico? A U.S. Territory that is hell-bent on socialism.
Hispanics is a new world term and almost never applies to Spain, so we’ll leave them aside for a moment. I said Hispanics are SOCIAL conservatives...I notice you attempt to rebut this with a long string of reasons why they are not ECONOMIC conservatives. Bush received the backing of anywhere from 24%-40% of Hispanic voters in 2004. Hispanics are about 99% Roman Catholic, pro-life, pro-family, pro-marriage, etc. Therefore, in the American political context, Hispanics are an essentially socially conservative voting block...that we need to win converts in the Hispanic community on the fiscal conservative/big government/small government debate remains.