One early sign suggests that even with his approach on immigration, which favors a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens, Sen. John McCain might have trouble putting back together the coalition of Hispanic voters that helped President Bush win a second term.
A completely unscientific call-in poll to “Piolín Por la Mañana,” the nation's most popular Spanish-language radio program, found that 59 percent of the 819 folks who took part in the survey plan to back Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, 36 percent support Sen. Barack Obama and only 2 percent favor McCain.
McCain was supposed to be able to put back together the estimated 40 percent of Hispanics who voted for Bush's re-election four years ago. Support for Republicans among Hispanics tumbled in polls taken since then, and pollsters and Hispanic activists say the reason is that the party's congressional members are too harsh on immigrants.
McCain did do well among the Hispanics who voted in last week's Republican primary in Florida, winning more than half, according to exit polls. But the majority of those Hispanics were Cuban — a group crucial to Florida's vote but not as influential elsewhere in the country.
The real tests will come tomorrow, when we see how many Hispanics turn out to vote Republican in the contests in California, Arizona, New York and New Jersey. If the numbers are small compared to Democrats' totals, we'll know the Hispanic voters have fled.
— Stephen Dinan, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
What is going on in our country?
It seems the real goal of business, the media and politicians is to integrate USA with Mexico.
McCain's Hispanic Outreach person was a Cabinet member in Mexico's Vicente Fox's government and is openly for reconquest of Southwest USA. Some of his comments.
"I never knew the border as a limitation; I'd be delighted if all of us could come and go between these two marvelous countries."
"We have recognized that the Mexican population is 100 million in Mexico and 23 million who live in the United States ... We are a united nation."
Mexican immigrants "are going to keep one foot in Mexico and are not going to assimilate."
"We are betting that the Mexican population in the United States ... will think Mexico first."
Huck is pro amensty. He has a touch back provision hidden in his program that will have illegals back in the USA as legals in no time. Check with the pro legal immigration groups, they have his number.
Why else would business in states with only 5% Hispanic population have the press 1.... and advertise in Spanish? Hispanics are only 18% of the popualtion. Why is ANYONE adverstising in Spanish? Check out Judicial Watch and Stopamericanunion.com. The rumor is that Bush has agreed to completely open borders by 2010. So business is just gearing up, and it is part of the plan for integration without Americans consent.
The only candidates left standing for America are Mitt and Paul and this is from a 20 year plus Dem voter who has never voted for a Repub President in her life. But really our country is at stake.
Why a secret formation of a North American Union - so the "elite" can reap huge profits.
Don't believe me?
Read David Brooks of the NYT article in December 2007 furious because as he put it " the elite" had a bipartisan agreement for free trade and nafta that was raking in the money and Lou Dobbs screwed it up. He did not mention that the money goes to the "elite" and ordinary Americans are hung out to dry.
Check Judical Watch and read the Bush government that says that as Americans will resist North American integration. it has to be done in secret, and implemented by "evolution stealth". You can also read the agendas of meetings between USA/Mexico/Canada on infrastructure integration and open borders.
Check Jeff Hoards videos (google Jeff Hoards) showing our politicans lying about the existence of the North American Highway which is being built right now.
Why doesn't business, the media, the politicians ever call for more legal immigration? They don't want it. They just want Mexicans to integrate with Americans; ie evolutionary stealth.
Why has Bush just let the Mexican truckers into the USA even though Congress barred it by laws? Evolutionary stealth.
Why has Congress just pass some provisions in the Omnibus bill that has gutted the Fence act to the point it will never be built. Evolutionary Stealth.
Why did Bush pull the National Guard and 1/2 the Border Patrol off the border last August and has not returned them? Evolutionary stealth.
Why are our borders open to the South - but not at the airports etc. Only Mexicans are need to integrate the two countries. Evolutionary stealth.
Why is our government implementing Spanish as a second language in the USA? Evolutionary stealth.
Why has Bush done nothing to force employers to follow the law. Evolutionary steatlth.
Why did Bush pull 1000 ICE agents off illegal alien deportation? He wants to deport the fewest possible. Evolutionary stealth.
The latest is a request to have a cattle inspection station in the USA, not just on the Mexican side of the border. http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=194864
People we are in the fight of our lives for our language, culture, and nation. The other side has all the power and money and they are fighting for the "elite" to gain even greater control of a joint Mexican /Amerian economy. All we have is the internet and our vote. And with Diebold, I am not even sure of the vote.
Mexico, La Raza and the pro amensty supporters (Neo Cons, Dems, Rudy, McCain, Huck, Hilliary, Obama, media, big business) have started a big campaign to convince Americans to throw the rule of law out the window and accept racist and preferential amnesty for illegals. They are going to spend 25 million in ads alone. ( They should use that money to pay illegals hospital bills). Mexican President Calderon is coming to talk t to the troops.
But they don't just want to get rid of the rule of law. They are ready to ignore the USA constitution.
Any amnesty is racist.
The illegal supporters themselves say between 80-90 percent are Hispanic.
American immigration law provides quotas to all countries so all Americans have an equal chance to bring in family and race.
Any amnesty or guest worker program would give a huge PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT to Hispanics over all other Americans., in both number of people allowed in, and timing of their arrival.
Our Constitution provides an anti discrimination clause and an equal opportunity clause.
This is non-Hispanic Americans civil rights battle of the 21 st century.
Are we going to remain a country of laws"
Are we going to treat all Americans equally, over give prefernce to Hisapanics?
Folks, this is serious. This may be our last couple of years as a country if we do not take steps to put a stop to the dissolution of the USA into Mexico.
If we lose, all that will be left is to lower the flag for the last time in the country we once called America.
Posted by Bettybb | February 4, 2008 5:39 PM
Heres McCains problem which is he is trying to have it both ways on the immigration issue. He tells conservatives yes I've heard you I'm going to secure the borders blah blah! Then if he's the nominee to win more Hispanic votes he has to become less border security first but whe he does that he will lose many conservatives such as myself, friends and family. We won't vote for him anyway even if he's the nominee but he's got some folks fooled on the immigration issue and he will then lose them if eases up on the border security talk to appeal to Hispanics.
Clinton or Obama have it so much easier they are all about amnesty, legalization whatever they want to call it and Obama is even advocating for drivers licsenses for illegals. So if you're Hispanic which way you going to vote for McCain who promises ya a little or the Democrats who promise a lot?
McCain says judge him by the folks who are around him and support him. Well for immigration enforcement conservatives the fact that he has Dr. Juan Hernandez on his team doesn't exactly inspire confidence or border security cred! I mean Hernandez is a BIG TIME open borders zealot and author of the book THE NEW PIONEERS referring to illegal immigrants in America and even advocates the stealing of social security numbers by illegals. Nope McCains got big problems and he may unite the establishment of the GOP but not the base which will not turn out to vote for him in the Fall. I say he'll get beat pretty good. We'll almost enjoy watching it even if Clinton does beat him. May as well let the Dems grant the amnesty.
Posted by PTN | February 4, 2008 11:14 PM
If McCain works hard and has time, he'll rise above 2%.
These things take time.
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