|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
GOP's Hispanic hopefuls swim with a nativist tide
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Party
|
| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Oct 20, 2010 03:26am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, September 30, 2010 09:25:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Many Hispanic voters -- potentially most -- deeply want a Republican Party that vies for their support on historical Republican principles of entrepreneurialism, social conservatism and prudence.
But many of the Hispanic Republicans running this year for gubernatorial or U.S. Senate seats are making it tough for fellow Latinos to offer much enthusiasm. Some of them embrace the backward and hateful elements toward immigrants and ethnic groups that characterize a swelling nativist tide inside the Republican Party.
In a recent television debate among senatorial candidates in Florida, it was Democrat Kendrick Meek and independent Charlie Crist who favored legalizing undocumented children who are raised here as Americans and join the military or go to college. Nearly 80 percent of Hispanics (and most Americans) in polls support the Dream Act as a no-brainer that is good for both the country and the deserving kids. (It failed to pass the Senate last week.)
Yet in the debate, it was Republican Marco Rubio who opposed it. For good measure, he endorsed Arizona's harsh immigration law and added that English should be made the nation's official language, even though that is a fading issue. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
