[FITZ]

Where are the Conservative Latinos? I know of some ---there's Henry Bonilla and you can find some in Florida. And if Republicans have to sound like liberals to get their vote, then they aren't Conservatives.

As Tuesday's Democratic primary election results hint, that should spell trouble for Republican candidates who only a year ago might have presumed that they would coast to victory.

But now they have to contend with Tony Sanchez, the resolute and very rich oilman-banker from Laredo, who won a resounding victory over former state Attorney General Dan Morales in Tuesday's primary and will have beaucoup bucks to spend in his fall showdown with GOP Gov. Rick Perry.

Sanchez should lure scads of Hispanic voters - who vote heavily Democratic - to the polls this fall. And the millions he spends to generate a heavy turnout of supporters will have spillover benefits for all Demo-crats on the ballot.

http://www.tonysanchez.com/news/pressclips/March02/031502a.htm (from his own webpage)

[Bob J]

"And if Republicans have to sound like liberals to get their vote, then they aren't Conservatives."

Conservative candidates are hurt more by bigots masquerading as conservatives than anything they do. The reason they have to sound liberal to get hispanic votes is to make up for the bigot label attached to them by this group.

BTW - Since when did immigrant bashing become a conservative principle? I love it when people proclaim their beliefs then demand that you believe the same or you're not "really a conservative".