Michael Steele just said

[silvershadow]

the reality for the R party is to reach the Hispanic youth going forward. Every month 50k Hispanic youth turn 18. Good idea. I wish him luck with that. I doubt Obama's ground game has disappeared. It is right there, waiting for the next candidate. We need to reach these youth. We will reach these youth. Look for the 16 Republican ticket to be Jeb/Rubio.

[Enrique]

1. the Tea Party movement will hurt those efforts

I'm not sure what hating Mexicans has to do with the Tea Party's stated mission, but it definitely is there, and if the GOP is going to reach out to Latinos it will be over the Tea Party's dead body.

[HooptieWagon]

12. That is the GOP dillema.

If they reach out to Latinos and Blacks, they lose the racist teabaggers. If they reach out to Women, and avoid the abortion third-rail, they lose the Fundies.

Basically, the republics are fucked. A long-term plan to rebuild the party as moderate so it's competitive with future demographics is going to cost them elections in the short-term. And the short-term strategy of winning through voter-suppression efforts will cost them in the long term... especially since Dems are now saavy to those tactics and Courts are ruling in their favor.

[demlion]

2. this is why immigration reform must be done to

offset that probable ticket and cement democratic ideals

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. Yes, the sooner the better. nt

[otohara]

3. Fail, After All The Shitty Things GOP

has said, and their nasty signs - generations of Hispanics will remember 2010, 2012.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. No mention of the huge Asian Community

which broke big time for Obama. You saw History yesterday,2014 will be the death gasp of the Repuks. Any evidence of this is,just listen to bitching and complaining by or lousy media this morning. Notice the Meme,gridlock,Dems must meet Repukes demands,SS needs to be cut,Simpson Bowels,and same shit just a different day.

[Iris]

5. Oh- so maybe the Dream Act?

[ProudProgressiveNow]

11. +1 nt

[SoapBox]

6. Hey Tin Foil Man...two words...

SELF....DEPORT.

Good luck with that Hispanic vote.

[Mojo2]

7. I doubt Bush is their pick

As you saw by the exit polls, the public still considers W. to be a terrible President. I really don't think that Jeb will be accepted on a national level, as his economic policies are the same as his brothers. Here in Florida, his education policies have crippled the public education system. I can see Rubio, as the GOP thinking would be that he would be attractive to the Hispanic vote, but remember the Cuban and Latino votes are completely different in Florida. Cubans tend to be GOP backers and for the most part do not consider themselves to be grouped into the latino subsection with immigrants from Central America.

[HooptieWagon]

8. Jeb or Rubio.

There's no way the Rs pick 2 Floridians on the same ticket. Plus, both have plenty of skeletons... it remains to be seen whether they can survive the close scrutiny of a primary battle. And while Rubio would pick up Cuban-American votes, that doesn't automatically get him votes from other Latinos.

[silvershadow]

9. Ok, now he said "Don't just stick a Rubio on the ticket". hmm nt

[HooptieWagon]

13. Exactly.

Putting Rubio on the ticket and expecting Latinos to flock to him is as foolish as putting Herman Cain or Allen West on the ticket and expecting Blacks to automatically vote for them. That is a "white" solution...expecting minorities are as racist as they are. Minorities are much more issues-knowledgable than the GOP is giving them credit for.

[Pisces]

14. It will be Rubio, not Jeb. Cant have 2 people from Florida or a Bush. Rubio may be at the top

of the ticket. He is Cuban though, that is different from Latins from Latin America.

[calico1]

15. They won't have any success unless the unload the

Teabaggers. So they need to pick one. They can't have both.

Xenophobia is not going to get you Latino support.

[Myrina]

16. Doesn't matter how many they "reach" ...

Lies are still lies, and I think people have realized over the past 6 months that the GOP use anyone or anything to get a vote.