Curtains for Romney?

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Probably a bit early for picking out new curtains for the Oval Office, even though it is inevitable that Romney will win.....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
Probably a bit early for picking out new curtains for the Oval Office, even though it is inevitable that Romney will win.....
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Inevitable, PiMP?


So far, Republican efforts to offer Latinos a place at the table have fallen short.



The nation's Hispanics tend to vote Democratic, and overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in 2008.



Romney in particular has stumbled with this critical voting bloc, after his comments suggesting that making the economic landscape tough for illegal immigrants will force them to "self deport."


Republican Hispanic lawmakers, such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, have urged the GOP to soften its language when discussing immigration and such proposals as the House-passed version of the Violence Against Women Act, which killed expanded coverage for illegal immigrants and Native Americans who are victims of domestic abuse, and the failed DREAM Act, which would have given U.S. residency to immigrant kids with high school diplomas.



When Georgia -- like its Southern sister states of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina -- passed a tough anti-immigration bill that also penalizes businesses, Hispanic groups and farmers alike pushed back.


"This election cycle Latinos in Georgia are upset about (the law)," said Jerry Gonzalez, executive director of GALEO, a nonprofit and nonpartisan group geared toward Georgia's growing Latino population. "That's going to spur more galvanization than we've ever seen before."



According to the Pew Hispanic Center, Southeastern states such as Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee boast some of the greatest percentage increases in Latino population growth. They are also states where the percentage of Hispanics roughly doubled.



Over the next several generations, the wave of minority voters -- who, according to U.S. Census figures released this week, now represent more than half of the nation's population born in the past year -- will become more of a power base in places like Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia.


That hold will extend across the Southwest all the way to California, experts say.


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/21/politics/gop-census-latino/index.html
 
/shrugs.....and when the 800,001 through 15,000,000 other Latinos DON'T get green cards who are their families going to vote for?......
 
I will......you won't.......you'll be burying your head in your pillows and crying for at least the first year of Romney's administration......
 
Obama holds a wide margin over Republican Mitt Romney among Latinos, who are concentrated in several key election states, including Nevada, Colorado and Florida.


The candidates’ positions on immigration will clearly make a difference in how Latinos vote, said Clarissa Martinez, director of immigration and civic engagement for the non-partisan National Council of La Raza.


“Latino voters are not a one-issue community — jobs and the economy are the most pressing issues, but immigration is equally personal,” Martinez said.


“It’s become increasingly visceral because of the impact of the immigration debate on the community regardless of immigration status.”


Even among Republicans, the issue has sparked major debate.


Romney’s position featured in the critique of the party that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush laid out Monday, warning that the GOP needs to change its conversation about immigration and its relationship with Latinos — if only to improve the party’s chances into 2016, 2020 and beyond.


Despite that warning, many Republicans swiftly denounced Obama’s decision.

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Romney did not respond to questions as to whether he would reverse the policy if elected.
 
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