I suppose it would be possible for money — Koch money and more — to buy Latino votes. If not, things don’t look so good for Republicans in 2016. Greg Sargent points to new calculations indicating that all is not well for the right in key states thanks to the fallout from the failure, so far, to do anything meaningful about immigration reform. It’s an issue many Republicans would like to duck at this point, an issue that deeply divides that party.
So they want nothing to do with it. And won’t let the President touch it. Which, as Sargent writes, “would mean Republicans will head into the 2016 election without having repaired their Latino problem.” The hard news comes in the results of a study at the United States Elections Project.
The analysis finds that the share of the eligible voting population that is Latino will rise by two percentage points from 2012-2016 in three critical presidential swing states: Florida, Colorado, and Nevada. It will rise by two percentage points in New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. And it will rise by one percentage point in Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina. While that last finding may seem negligible, it is a sign demographics in those three states — one purple swing state that’s key in presidential elections; the others long reliably red — are trending in a favorable direction for Dems. ...Sargent,WaPo
Really. Look at the chart. If Latino vote turnout is good or even reasonable, Dems will be in good shape. Even if the Senate goes Republican next November.Meanwhile, the more articulate and outspoken the Republican, the worse she makes it for her party.
Coulter praised 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s comments on immigration, which were widely considered to hurt his efforts to win over Latinos. She said she supported Romney because he was the “most aggressive” on immigration.
Coulter said only MSNBC seems to have noticed — and celebrated — the “browning of America.” “But if you don’t celebrate it, you’re a racist,” she said sarcastically.
She mocked those who are more sympathetic to undocumented immigrants, saying most undocumented people are young men who crossed the border without authorization. She also said it’s wrong to claim concern about children when discussing deportations.
“It’s not as if people crossing the border illegally in the back of trucks marked pico de gallo, hiding in barrels, running from the border guards — it’s not like they did not know what they were doing was wrong,” she said. “Everyone acts like they stumbled into the country.” ...HuffPo