Calif. GOP looks to Hispanic voters for revival

[Bozita]

Source: AP

Calif. GOP looks to Hispanic voters for revival
By JULIET WILLIAMS, Associated Press
Saturday, September 17, 2011

(09-17) 16:03 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --

After failing to keep pace with California's shifting demographics, the state Republican Party is attempting a revival by revamping its strategy to appeal to the fastest-growing segment of the state's electorate.

Yet transcending divisions with Hispanics on immigration issues and focusing on other matters such as education and the economy will not be easy for a party that now registers less than a third of the state's voters.

Even as party leaders talked about creating a sustainable strategy for Hispanic outreach, much of the lineup at the California Republican Party convention in Los Angeles this weekend would seem to be at odds with those goals. The headliners are two conservative presidential candidates who are unlikely to appeal to mainstream voters, much less many Hispanics in California: tea party favorite Michele Bachmann and small-government icon Ron Paul, who drew hundreds of enthusiastic supporters to his morning events.

Saturday's series of events featured a first for California Republicans, a town hall conversation hosted by a popular Spanish-language television host about how the party can connect with Hispanics. It will air later on the Spanish-language television network Univision.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/15/state/n162300D09.DTL#ixzz1YFzjFdS7

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No, this is not from The Onion.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I wish them luck...........NOT .

Some of the older Hispanic folks may like the Republicans...

But I believe the younger ones see right through them.

Better educated and more aware than their parents, the young ones just see zero reasons to vote R.

And plenty of reasons to not vote for them.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. They should get Pete Wilson to spearhead that for them....

poor, besotted GOP.....

[SoapBox]

3. Dear California Hispanics...DON'T fall for these lies!

Unless you are some crazy frack'n T.HaterBaggers...they will screw you in a heartbeat!

Are you a Hispanic Millionaire or Billionaire? Not?

Tell them to kiss off...they could NOT give a crap about you!

[TygrBright]

4. Hahahahahahahah!! REALLY?!?! They REALLY think Latinos are that dumb?

As in "Vote for me and I'll deport all the other brown people who are competing for that shitty job of yours!"?

Damn...

That might...

oh, s&*%...

anxiously,
Bright

[LeftyMom]

5. Not gonna happen. The ghost of Prop 187 is going to haunt them for a very long time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_187_(1994)

[jmowreader]

6. The Crack epidemic in California's that bad?

It's filtered down to Republicans--the last people in the world you'd ever want to have a Crack habit.

I think what they're looking at is, the Cubans in Miami are very hardcore Republican, so it should be possible to convert California's Mexican population into Republicans too. The problem with this theory is, Mexicans and Cubans have nothing in common save their language.

[LeftyMom]

9. The reasoning is that Mexicans = Catholic = Anti-Choice = GOP

Obviously the actual situation is a lot more complicated, but that's their thought process, if you can call it that.

[jmowreader]

13. Ah...

[shanti]

7. good luck with that.

:eyes:

[Merlot]

8. They trot this one out every couple years

it's all they've got

[Bette Noir]

10. Latinos can be socially conservative, but we're not stupid.

Republicans will never make headway with Latinos as long as they trot out their racist BS every four years. Every time a Republican says "illegal alien," a Latino registers Democratic.

[No Elephants]

14. And "illegal alien" is a step up from "illegals," which abomination I've seen on DU.

Of course, some of the posters who insisted upon using that word are banned now, but perhaps not because they used that word.

It's a "tell," IMO, though.

[left on green only]

11. I Know! See, the right wing fascists have that John McCain thing going for them

Hey John, how's that anti immigration, build the big wall and nail the fire starters to it thing workin' out for ya? Maybe you can kiss some of their bambinos to win their votes for your right wing nazi party in California. But not too many because Michelle already has the California vote sewn up and secured for the party. We know that because she said so in a speech that she gave here, earlier today.

[dogmoma56]

12. yea after they denied that mexican citizen embassy council n violation of international treaty, they

then ran him thru a Kangaroo court, denied appeal and killed him like a 'dog'. there wasn't any of the approved chemical they use to kill them, so they got some of the chemical vets use to put down dogs.!!!!!!!!!!!! and murdered him with it

there is no scientific proof that death is a penalty, it has never deterred crime, but it is a "Blood Sacrifice" for votes when Politicians promise to kill prisoners in custody if elected.!!!! fucking maggots.!!!

[No Elephants]

15. Karl Rove wrote years ago about how Rethugs had to attract U.S. minorities of all kinds in

order to prevail, Hispanics, African Americans, Arabs, etc. IOW, Karl was advocating a big tent strategy.

However, you cannot work only for the very wealthy and be bigots and hope for a big tent.

Some years after the Depression, Republicans finally realized that big money and the thuggery it could buy was not enough to put them in power anymore. They actually needed the votes of working people.

They made a conscious effort to court the religious right and to try to use jingoism, racism and ethnocentricism as their way to win the votes of common people.

And now, they are trying for a big tent.

We'll see how short the memories of voters are. I'll be very disappointed if our collective memory succumbs to amnesia.

[Raine]

16. First step toward that would be to end their racist BS, something I can't

see them ever doing.