tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post488969265081008740..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Immigration in the new HouseGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-13980640508015967832010-11-09T22:42:06.960-05:002010-11-09T22:42:06.960-05:00Indeed there is a massive difference, and we are a...Indeed there is a massive difference, and we are all suffering for it because we have a freshman senator in the White House right now!mike anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-212460161143979502010-11-08T23:25:57.997-05:002010-11-08T23:25:57.997-05:00There's a world of difference between being pr...There's a world of difference between being president and a freshman senator.Randy Paulhttp://www.beautifulhorizons.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-42940719579900751892010-11-08T22:06:10.718-05:002010-11-08T22:06:10.718-05:00Point taken on the seniority as far as policymakin...Point taken on the seniority as far as policymaking is concerned. Obama didn't have any seniority either. It doesn't matter in a primary if Rubio can sell himself.mike anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-4710389356156752932010-11-08T07:13:17.425-05:002010-11-08T07:13:17.425-05:00It's worth noting that Marco Rubio will hold t...It's worth noting that Marco Rubio will hold the seat once held by Mel Martinez, a Cuban-American who, as a child ws one of the Pedro Pan children IIRC. Martinez left precisely because he didn't like the direction the GOP was moving in on that issue.<br /><br />Rubio comes in with zero seniority. I wouldn't expect his presence to change the direction.Randy Paulhttp://www.beautifulhorizons.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-7038558835666520362010-11-07T09:17:41.733-05:002010-11-07T09:17:41.733-05:00These fringe far right wing politicians are barkin...These fringe far right wing politicians are barking up the wrong tree. Why are guys like King trying to push away the single most important demographic for the future of the Republican Party? <br /><br />I think you'll start to see a massive push among the Republican base to appeal to Latino voters, led by Marco Rubio. If the Republicans play their cards right (certainly no guarantee), this guy could be on the short list of national candidates in 2016. Anti-immigrant Republicans need to and will be eventually sidelined, plain and simple. The growth of the Latino population and the natural fit between Republicans and Latino values makes it an easy decision for both groups.mike anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-19447594395715300442010-11-06T19:03:54.201-04:002010-11-06T19:03:54.201-04:00When Lindsay Graham raised questions about the 14t...When Lindsay Graham raised questions about the 14th amendment, one could easily assume that he was playing to his base. After all, (1) there is no chance on God's green earth of changing the 14th amendment (Graham knows this) and (2) Graham had been sanctioned by his own party in South Carolina three times. It was red meat. <br /><br />However, with King, I think it is different. I think he really does want to tinker with the 14th amendment. This is not just political maneuvering. <br /><br />Either way, eventually the conservative movement will lose its anti-immigrant rhetoric. It will have to or it will cease to exist.Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06622986304847436893noreply@blogger.com