Hillary Clinton-Julian Castro 2016: an already inevitable Democratic ticket?

Christian Science Monitor ^ | April 14, 2015 | Linda Feldmann

[C19fan]

All the talk about GOP Sen. Marco Rubio’s prospects as a presidential candidate raises an inevitable question for Democratic favorite Hillary Rodham Clinton: If she’s the nominee, will she choose a Latino as her running mate?

[DPMD]

One thing we know for sure: She’ll never choose an FJB.

[DPMD]

Okay, maybe no to all the above. But he’s an “authentic” Latino, unlike Rubio.

Hope your scar detector is up and running.

[DPMD]

Okay, maybe no to all the above. But he’s an “authentic” Latino, unlike Rubio.

Hope your “sarc” detector is up and running.

[Red Badger]

It’s always on and calibrated for maximum gain..................

[TexasRepublic]

Why not just nominate Fidel and cease this democratic charade?

[kabar]

VA, CO, NM,and NV are gone never to return due to changing demographics. FL is heading that way. OH, NH, and IA total 28 electoral votes, not enough to swing the election to the GOP. And NC is leaning Dem as well.

The last time WI went Rep was 1984; PA 1988; and MI 1988. Demography is destiny.

[Talisker]

You’re not counting the overall rightward shift evidenced by the midterms and the tens of millions who will vote for Cruz who haven’t voted for years and Hilary’s inevitable collapse as more and more evidence is leaked and presented against her by those behind the email releases as well as her own self-destructive facetime toxicity and the inevitable rise of Rat candidates to replace her before its too late.

So pack up your big colorful Obama maps and your cries of hopeless doom and crawl back to your wonk hole at DU.

[kabar]

You just can't handle the truth. The Dems are building a permanent majority fueled by legal immigration and minority birth rates. Non-Hispanic whites, the base of the GOP, will be a minority by 2043. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under will be minorities. In 1970 one in 21 was foreign born in this country; today it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. Demography is destiny.

The non-Hispanic white population is projected to peak in 2024, at 199.6 million, up from 197.8 million in 2012. Unlike other race or ethnic groups, however, its population is projected to slowly decrease, falling by nearly 20.6 million from 2024 to 2060.

Meanwhile, the Hispanic population would more than double, from 53.3 million in 2012 to 128.8 million in 2060. Consequently, by the end of the period, nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic, up from about one in six today.

The black population is expected to increase from 41.2 million to 61.8 million over the same period. Its share of the total population would rise slightly, from 13.1 percent in 2012 to 14.7 percent in 2060.

The Asian population is projected to more than double, from 15.9 million in 2012 to 34.4 million in 2060, with its share of nation's total population climbing from 5.1 percent to 8.2 percent in the same period.

[kabar]

Read this report by Phyllis Schafly and perhaps you will better understand why the Democrats want to flood this country with third world immigrants, legal and illegal.

How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party. A comprehensive review of surveys in immigrant communities showing their support for big government

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Agreed, it’s the demographics, stupid. No longer the economy, stupid. In the last presidential election, MR won 59% of the white vote. A few decades ago, that fact alone would have guaranteed MR a landslide victory similar to Nixon in 1972 or RR in 1984. One reason why the GOP has done fairly well in recent midterm elections is due to the fact that in the midterms, you have a much smaller electorate, older, whiter, more disciplined, more conservative, therefore more GOP than is the case in presidential election years. Another structural problem facing the GOP in addition to demographics-—since the New Deal the Democrats have pursued a long term strategy of getting as many people as possible dependent upon government as possible. But as Margaret Thatcher once pointed out, the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.

As far as state voting patterns are concerned, that is always subject to change. I live in CA. Our state voted reliably GOP for 40 years between 1952 and 1992 (except for the 1964 landslide loss) in presidential elections. Now the state is solidly blue. Other once staunchly Dem states which used to vote reliably Dem have recently become reliably GOP in recent years. These states include WV, LA, KY, AR among others. And there are always the swing states like OH, VA, and FL which constantly swing back and forth. I do agree with you, demographics trends favor the Dems in presidential elections. GOP must run the tables on virtually all of the swing states to have a chance.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Further, I think it is possible that a couple of staunchly blue states could turn purple. I would have NEVER guessed in a million zillion years that WI and MI would be RTW states today.

I don not subscribe to the Brezhnev Doctrine: What’s mine is mine. What’s yours is negotiable.

Under the right circumstances we could pick off a few blue states.

[tet68]

It’s more likely...

Hillary! Clinton/Raul Castro 2016.

[Talisker]

Why are you on Free Republic? What does this place have to do with the way you think? I get that you love the Rat koolaid, and that you think all is lost. But why come here to crawl and weep and surrender, when you’ll just be held in contempt?

[hattend]

He looks positively evil in that photo.

My gaydar is pinging off the chart as well.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

I think he’s pessimistic.

And he has grounds to be.

But I live in CA. So I have grounds to be as well.

[Talisker]

I think he’s pessimistic. And he has grounds to be. But I live in CA. So I have grounds to be as well.

People focus on what they believe benefits them to focus on. Even in California.

Some see a barren field of dirt and rocks. Some see millions of tiny sprouts. People see what they want.

[kabar]

Why are you on Free Republic? What does this place have to do with the way you think? I get that you love the Rat koolaid, and that you think all is lost. But why come here to crawl and weep and surrender, when you’ll just be held in contempt?

I have been on FR since March 2002, about twice as long as you have. I am a real conservative who understands reality. I am also a grassroots immigration activist who lobbied on the Hill and in Richmond for over 8 years. I have been advising for years on FR that our immigration policies are changing this country dramatically since the infamous 1965 Immigration Act that changed the demography of this country forever.

Since 1990, we have admitted close to 30 million permanent legal immigrants to this country not counting the 12 to 20 million illegal aliens and the two million guest workers who are in this country at any one time. 87% of those 30 million were minorities as defined by the USG. CA has the demographics today of what this country will look like in 2050. I lived in VA for 35 years and watched the state turn from red to purple to now blue. It is not going back.

Unless we change our legal immigration policies, this country is finished. That was the point Schlafly was making as well. Immigrants are disproportionately on welfare and they vote Dem two to one. We are importing hundreds of thousands of Dem voters every year.

I briefed Eric Cantor on the immigration issue about two years ago. At the end, I asked him what the Dems would do if the situation was reversed, i.e., the immigrants were voting for the GOP two to one. He responded, "They wouldn't stand for it." So why are we?

I am neither crawling nor weeping. I see this Republic and the vision of our Founders being destroyed before my very eyes. I have served this country in peace and in war. We are losing the war against liberalism and we are not willing to fight to win. Jeff Sessions is one of the few who understands what is happening and what must be done.

You can attack me personally, but the facts are the facts. Unless we identify the problem, we are finished. I will stay on FR despite people like you whose ignorance is only exceeded by your arrogance. I contribute to FR substantively and monetarily. Hopefully, you do the same.

[kabar]

Agreed, it’s the demographics, stupid. No longer the economy, stupid. In the last presidential election, MR won 59% of the white vote. A few decades ago, that fact alone would have guaranteed MR a landslide victory similar to Nixon in 1972 or RR in 1984. One reason why the GOP has done fairly well in recent midterm elections is due to the fact that in the midterms, you have a much smaller electorate, older, whiter, more disciplined, more conservative, therefore more GOP than is the case in presidential election years.

That is precisely what is happening. And the demographics have been fueled by immigration starting with the 1965 Immigration Act. Non-Hispanic whites will be a minority by 2043. Every cohort that turns 18 annually is more minority and more Democrat. Obsama and the Dems realize that they don't need the majority of white voters to win. We are being colonized by the Third World.

Another structural problem facing the GOP in addition to demographics-—since the New Deal the Democrats have pursued a long term strategy of getting as many people as possible dependent upon government as possible. But as Margaret Thatcher once pointed out, the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.

Immigrants and minorities are natural Dem voters, which is why they vote two to one Dem. They are also the most dependent upon big government due to poverty and poor educational attainment.

[Talisker]

Yet for all of that, you call me ignorant and arrogant for postulating what conservatives have going for them. Your claim to experience and knowledge boils down to a position of literal hopelessness - the numbers of voting illegals simply cannot be beaten. Is that, or is that not, your point? And if it is, then I still don’t get why you’re here, since you reject any possibility of conservative success in the coming elections. So tell me, given all your experience and knowledge, what - other than conservativism is doomed and with it, the country - are you saying?

[kabar]

Yet for all of that, you call me ignorant and arrogant for postulating what conservatives have going for them. Your claim to experience and knowledge boils down to a position of literal hopelessness - the numbers of voting illegals simply cannot be beaten. Is that, or is that not, your point?

How dense are you? I suggest you reread my posts along with the Schlafly study. The issue is LEGAL IMMIGRATION! We bring in 1.1 million PERMANENT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS A YEAR. Since 1990 almost 30 million LEGAL PERMANENT IMMIGRANTS HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY. They are on a path to citizenship and voting legally. In addition, one out of every ten births in this country is to an illegal alien. The children are citizens through birthright citizenship. They will be able to vote when they are 18. Approximately 300,000 children are born annually to illegal aliens.

And Obama, the Dems, and many Reps want to provide amnesty to another 12 to 20 million legal aliens, which will put them on a path to citizenship and the right to vote. But the major problem is still LEGAL IMMIGRATION. Unless we reduce those numbers, the Reps are finished, at least as a conservative alternative. They will morph into a liberal, big government party like the Dems. The transformation is already underway.

And if it is, then I still don’t get why you’re here, since you reject any possibility of conservative success in the coming elections

I give the Reps very little chance of winning the Presidential election in 2016 and those numbers decline every four years as the demographics change. The first thing that needs to be done is to limit the number of legal immigrants. They are taking jobs from Americans and depressing wages. In fact, immigrants have taken all of the jobs since 2000 with fewer of the native born working today than in 2000.

The way forward is thru the strategy posited by Jeff Sessions, something I have written about and supported. Sessions' article, Becoming the Party of Work should be required reading for any Rep candidate.

I wrote something for the American Thinker a few years ago laying out a similar strategy. Mass Immigration versus the Rights of American Workers

The best way to break up the Dem stranglehold is to go after their blue collar constituents. American jobs for American workers should be the slogan. Blacks and Hispanics are the hardest hit by this influx of workers, but the college educated class will be hit also as we go to a merit based system that will bring in huge numbers of skilled workers to compete with Americans.

So tell me, given all your experience and knowledge, what - other than conservativism is doomed and with it, the country - are you saying?

I am saying that the GOP and the conservatives should break their chains with big business and side with the American worker. How can we justify bringing in over a million workers a year while our labor participation rate is the lowest in 38 years? Both parties have abandoned the American worker.