Immigration Position Threatens to Sink GOP

[John Manning]

"Make no mistake: What happened last night
was a demographic time bomb that had been
ticking and that blew up in GOP faces."


For the GOP, An Unsustainable Demographic Trend

-- Mitt Romney took an enormous gamble about a year ago:
he would run very far to the right on immigration policy,
alienating the fastest growing segment of the American electorate
on purpose, in order to secure the Republican Party's nomination.
Then, he hoped to be able to avoid a drubbing from Latino voters in
the general election. It was, as Ron Brownstein put it,
Romney's "original sin."

The gamble, we now know, failed miserably. President Obama
won close races in Colorado, Nevada, and (probably) Florida,
and it was Latino voters who made this success possible.

But let's also step back and look at the bigger picture.

After George W. Bush's relative success eight years ago,
this current trajectory simply isn't sustainable for the
Republican Party, and basic self-awareness suggests the party
must recognize its dilemma.

As NBC's First Read put it this morning, "Make no mistake:
What happened last night was a demographic time bomb that had
been ticking and that blew up in GOP faces."

It was an offhand comment made in August, but one of the
more important quotes of 2012 came from Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-S.C.), who conceded, "The demographics race we're losing
badly. We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in
business for the long term."

The question then becomes what the party intends to do about it.

As the party does some wound-licking and soul-searching,
I might suggest putting this at the top of the to-do list.
If party leaders think "self-deportation" is the appropriate
solution, they can expect to see more results like yesterday's.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/07/14994874-an-unsustainable-demographic-trend

*See Also*

A Wall Street Journal editorial calls on Republicans to recognize new
demographic realities that threaten to make their party irrelevant.

"Perhaps most damaging, Mr. Romney failed to appeal more creatively to
minority voters, especially Hispanics. His single worst decision may
have been to challenge Texas Governor Rick Perry in the primaries by
running to his right on immigration. Mr. Romney didn't need to do this
given that Mr. Perry was clearly unprepared for a national campaign, and
given the weakness of the other GOP candidates..."

"The exit polls show that Mr. Romney did even worse among Hispanics than
John McCain in 2008, and we may learn in coming days that this was the
margin in some swing states. The GOP needs to leave its anti-immigration
absolutists behind."

Linked here:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/07/immigration_position_threatens_to_sink_gop.html

[plainolamerican]

> http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/11/07/14994874-an-unsustainabl...

>
> *See Also*
>
> A Wall Street Journal editorial calls on Republicans to recognize new
> demographic realities that threaten to make their party irrelevant.
>
> "Perhaps most damaging, Mr. Romney failed to appeal more creatively to
> minority voters, especially Hispanics. His single worst decision may
> have been to challenge Texas Governor Rick Perry in the primaries by
> running to his right on immigration. Mr. Romney didn't need to do this
> given that Mr. Perry was clearly unprepared for a national campaign, and
> given the weakness of the other GOP candidates..."
>
> "The exit polls show that Mr. Romney did even worse among Hispanics than
> John McCain in 2008, and we may learn in coming days that this was the
> margin in some swing states. The GOP needs to leave its anti-immigration
> absolutists behind."
>

> Linked here:http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/11/07/immigration_position_thr...

Immigration Position Threatens to Sink GOP
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we know who protect illegals ... the jews, catholics, and minorities.