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Just ask the first President Bush, whose approval ratings were the very picture of political health in the spring of 1991. Then a freak accident killed Pennsylvania's GOP Senator John Heinz, and in the special election to replace him, a liberal Democrat named Harris Wofford diagnosed an unease in the electorate about endangered jobs and affordable health care. Hammering at these issues, Wofford came from more than 40 points behind to defeat Bush's formidable friend Richard Thornburgh. A year later, Bill Clinton used the same platform to unseat Bush...
Some in the GOP think this effort is a mistake. Hispanics increasingly favored Republicans in the past two presidential elections, and many party strategists worry that a strict emphasis on enforcing immigration laws will alienate this growing group of voters. They believe that a hard line has already cost the party two congressional seats in Arizona...
...majority of them are poor people from one country (Mexico) that shares a long border with us. But they have not found a way to raise these questions without sounding hostile to illegal immigrants or, worse, to Hispanics in general. Making the SAVE Act the beginning and end of GOP immigration policy would worsen that problem...
...possible to imagine immigration policies that could command broad support, including from a significant number of conservatives and Hispanics. The GOP could stand for increased enforcement but also hold open the possibility of regularizing illegal immigrants who have been here a long time. Or Republicans could combine enforcement with steps to improve conditions for legal immigrants--or draw distinctions among illegal immigrants, prioritizing the deportation of those who are felons...
...smarter approach to immigration wouldn't necessarily be enough to shore up Hispanic support for the GOP. Republicans of McCain's stripe believe the social conservatism of many Hispanics makes them natural Republicans, so long as the party does not offend them on immigration. This view oversimplifies Hispanics' political decisions: they tend to favor the Democrats on economic issues. Without domestic policies that are attractive to working-class Americans of all ethnicities, the GOP is unlikely to win lasting majorities among Hispanic voters...