[Dane]

So the winning strategy is to run conservative latinos? Hard to do when you're driving them all from the party.

Exactly.

Fitz has quite a following on FR, where he reports everyday form around El Paso I surmise (who knows he could be posting from the DNC basement) where he reports daily on the "horrors" that hispanics are causing in "his" area.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well I'll add that there are lots of problems in El Paso. Check out the auto insurance rates. But I think often too many issues are wrapped up under the banner of race or immigration, without a proper attribution to poverty and class. Most anyplace with a large amount of poverty, low education, and high unemployment will experience crime and other problems, regardless of race.

Further, many groups of immigrants regardless of origin initially vote Democrat(though it does vary by background). Some for the same reason simple-minded white leftists do(Hollywood), on the face of it Democrat ideals SOUND good and appealing. For some it takes awhile to actually see through the lies, to experience the reality. And being poor, often it is simply out of self-interest. If you are struggling and someone offers you a handout, the temptation is to take it and not ask too many questions. I think many here forget that for some there is a political learning curve. That doesn't mean excuse it, but rather factor it in when explaining conservatism and deciding whether or not to reach out to 'other groups'.