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Romney vs. 'the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation'
By Steve Benen
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Given recent events, it's a reasonable question. Mitt Romney, in particular, seems to be going out of his way to antagonize Latino voters, as part of his desperate bid to impress his party's base. In last night's debate, for example, he was asked about his preferred approach to immigration policy, and Romney responded, "I think you see a model in Arizona."
Arizona, of course, has become synonymous with needlessly drastic and excessive anti-immigrant policies, and if the former governor intends to use the state as a model if he's elected president, it sends an unmistakable signal to Latino voters about what to expect from a Romney administration. It's why Democrats quickly pounced on the answer, releasing this video overnight:
If it were just one area of immigration policy in which Romney moved to the far-right edge of his party, it might be a little easier for him to appear more sensible when he reinvents himself again and starts making appeals for general-election votes. But it's actually every meaningful area of the debate that's proving to be problematic -- Romney is an inflexible opponent of the DREAM Act; he's palling around with Pete Wilson and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach; he endorses a "self-deportation" agenda; he's critical of bilingualism; and his casual dismissals of "amnesty" and "illegals" are a staple of his campaign rhetoric.
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Lionel Sosa, a Texas strategist who advised George W. Bush and John McCain on appealing to Latino voters, recently told the New York Times, " Romney) can make as many trips to Florida and New Mexico and Colorado and other swing states that have a large Latino population, but he can write off the Latino vote. He's not going to gain it again."
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10486972-romney-vs-the-fastest-growing-voting-bloc-in-the-nation
By Steve Benen
<...>
Given recent events, it's a reasonable question. Mitt Romney, in particular, seems to be going out of his way to antagonize Latino voters, as part of his desperate bid to impress his party's base. In last night's debate, for example, he was asked about his preferred approach to immigration policy, and Romney responded, "I think you see a model in Arizona."
Arizona, of course, has become synonymous with needlessly drastic and excessive anti-immigrant policies, and if the former governor intends to use the state as a model if he's elected president, it sends an unmistakable signal to Latino voters about what to expect from a Romney administration. It's why Democrats quickly pounced on the answer, releasing this video overnight:
If it were just one area of immigration policy in which Romney moved to the far-right edge of his party, it might be a little easier for him to appear more sensible when he reinvents himself again and starts making appeals for general-election votes. But it's actually every meaningful area of the debate that's proving to be problematic -- Romney is an inflexible opponent of the DREAM Act; he's palling around with Pete Wilson and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach; he endorses a "self-deportation" agenda; he's critical of bilingualism; and his casual dismissals of "amnesty" and "illegals" are a staple of his campaign rhetoric.
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Lionel Sosa, a Texas strategist who advised George W. Bush and John McCain on appealing to Latino voters, recently told the New York Times, " Romney) can make as many trips to Florida and New Mexico and Colorado and other swing states that have a large Latino population, but he can write off the Latino vote. He's not going to gain it again."
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/23/10486972-romney-vs-the-fastest-growing-voting-bloc-in-the-nation
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Romney vs. 'the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation' (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2012
OP
When he wins the nomination he'll flip flop back to loving Hispanics
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2012
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)2. When he wins the nomination he'll flip flop back to loving Hispanics
He'll support the Dream Act, pretending he never opposed it. He'll say that he loves everything about Latinos and that Hispanic trees are just the right height. You can count on Romney to be the nation's "A No. 1" political whore, bar none.