--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "It's just a ride" <bill.hicks.all.a.r...@...> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 5:50 PM, do.rflex <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > > > Obama administration officials have decided to file a suit to block a > > much-disputed Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, according to > > several news reports. > > > > > So is our illegal alien Prez doing this because as Prez he has to do this or > because he desperately needs the Hispanic vote he's so far alienated? >
~Republicans Losing Hispanic Voters in Big Numbers~ Good news/bad news for GOP in NBC/MSNBC/Telemundo poll on immigrationÂ… The poll shows that Latino voters are swinging widely for the Democrats, while their support for the GOP is dropping like a rock. Let's start with the good news: The Arizona anti-illegal immigration law, passed by a GOP-led legislature and signed by a GOP governor, has been a short-term political winner. The poll shows that 61% of the public supports the law, and a Republican congressional candidate who backs the law beats a Democratic candidate who opposes it, 40%-26%. But here's the bad news: Latinos, once a semi-swing group of voters, now have swung overwhelmingly for President Obama and the Democratic Party, and younger Hispanics are moving to the Democrats in even greater numbers. For example, 68% of Latinos approve of Obama's job (compared with 48% of overall respondents and 38% of whites), and they view the Democratic Party favorably by a 54%-21% score (versus 41%-40% among all adults and 34%-48% among whites). And their views of the Republican Party? In the poll, the GOP fav/unfav among Latinos is 22%-44%. What's more, Latinos think Democrats would do a better job than Republicans in protecting the interests of minorities (by 58%-11%), in representing the opportunity to move up the economic ladder (46%-20%), in dealing with immigration (37%-12%), and in promoting strong moral values (33%-23%). The only advantage they gave Republicans was in enforcing security along the border (31%-20%). More here: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/26/2328967.aspx > > -- > "America always chooses to do the right thing -- after it's tried everything > else"-- Winston Churchill >
