Opinion: GOP's problem with Latinos - as big as Texas
Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a CNN.com contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist.
By Ruben Navarrette Jr. , CNN Contributor
San Diego (CNN) - In Texas, where voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, politics can be brutal.
Case in point: the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. It's rough and dirty and personal. And, whether it ends Tuesday or continues on to a run-off on July 28, it could blow up all the bridges that Republicans in Texas built over the years to Hispanic voters.
This is because, in the 11th hour, the primary went down a muddy road. That is, if you think that accusing a candidate with a Spanish surname of favoring "amnesty" for illegal immigrants - with no evidence to back it up - is hitting below the belt because it raises questions about divided loyalties and feeds into the perception that all Hispanics favor open borders and unlimited immigration.
No kidding. There are those Americans who are convinced that Hispanics are working behind lines to help Mexico reclaim the Southwest in an elaborate "reconquista."
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American Muslim politicians face the same kind of racism.
People believe all American Muslims are terrorist sympathizers and want to bring sharia to America.
Mexican immigration is good. Immigrants from mexico take jobs that we dont want to do but are essential to the economy.If we favor the thought that immigration is wrong, than there will be a huge drop in the economy. And besides if youre too afraid to catch the american dream its your fault. We should look up to these people, they have to work for life.
Whoever runs the strongest anti – illegal immigration campaign gets my vote.
I hate it say it because I generally cannot stomach Republicans but I am starting to entertain this thought.
just let the mexicans in soon enough america could just buy mexico.
Really doctor dubs, that's one of the most dumbest comments I have ever heard. Do you know how much money the USA owes to Mexico from Oil, look it up, you can't even pay your own dept what 15 Trillion, how the hell you going to buy Mexico????