[537 Votes]

Only a year or two ago, NRO was projecting that 2000 would be the last election that Republicans would even have a chance of winning, given the demographic shift caused by immigration trends. Bush may have upset this by doing well among Hispanics. If we can simultaneously court the Hispanic vote while stopping illegal immigration (it's not really in the best interest of legal-citizen Hispanics, you know), the Republican Party might just have a future.

[gubamyster]

If we can simultaneously court the Hispanic vote while stopping illegal immigration (it's not really in the best interest of legal-citizen Hispanics, you know), the Republican Party might just have a future.

Add to that showing the new generation of Black voters that the Dems are taking their vote for granted, while Republican ideas such as school vouchers, elimination of the death tax, SS privatization, and merit rather than quotas are in their best interests.