Thread: McCain: Without Hispanic Voters, GOP In "Very, Very Dee

McCain: Without Hispanic Voters, GOP In "Very, Very Deep Hole"

First Posted: 08- 2-09 11:41 AM | Updated: 08- 2-09 11:52 AM

Having attempted to put together a voting coalition broad enough to get elected president, Sen. John McCain (R-A.Z.) knows better than any other lawmaker the shortcomings and vulnerabilities of the Republican Party.

So his declaration on Sunday morning that the GOP faced a dire situation unless it did more to bring Hispanic voters into its ranks is likely to be treated as a blaring warning siren, not mere political analysis.

"On the issue of the Hispanic voter, we have to do a lot more. We Republicans have to recruit and elect Hispanics to office," McCain told CNN's State of Union. "And I don't mean just because they're Hispanics, but they represent a big part of the growing population in America. And we have a lot of work to do there. And I am of the belief that unless we reverse the trend of Hispanic voter registration, we have a very, very deep hole that we've got to come out of."

While he was one of only a handful of Republicans willing to tackle immigration reform in 2007, McCain faced a massive deficit with Hispanic voters in the 2008 election. His aides have said that, were he not the home state senator, he would have lost Arizona to Barack Obama, in large part because Hispanics had left the Republican Party in droves.

Certainly, Democrats are aware of the massive electoral ramifications that could come from this development.

In an interview with the Huffington Post last week, DNC Chair Tim Kaine suggested that Republican opposition to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and comprehensive health care reform could end up costing the party dearly with Hispanic voters down the road.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/0 ... 49488.html

Hispanic Americans are no different than anyone else. They just want a strong economy, a decent living and for government to get out of the way! This kind of thinking underlines why McCain was not successful in his bid for POTUS and why he won't be successful if he runs again.

This says it all.........

I wish this dope would stop kissing ass to hispanics....it certainly was not reciprocated last Nov!

Hispanics, Blacks and Whites have libs, conservatives and Republicans - why does McShame continue to single this one group out?

isn't time politician STOP ethinc politics? What, Hispanic want what, spanish language, what? Why on earth do we have Hispanic politics? What about all other ethnicities etc ?

McCain is a loser and anti-American. For every Hispanic vote he won, he lost many more Republican votes. He should move to Mexico and look for a job there.

The truth is that McCain has a problem with other ethic groups - black, european, legal hispanics - because he continued (and apparently still continues) - to pander to illegals. Court the non-citizens and you get non-votes.

Without White, Asian, Indian, and other races and religions, that are not Hispanic Mc Cain and/or the Dem. dopes won't get into office.

Mc Cain better worry about the Idependants that turned tail and ran in the last election they way out number the Hispanic vote....he also needs to stop putting all Hispanic's in one group, many of them are Americans and true patriots, and think just like the rest of us who love America!

STOP the pandering you stupid fool!!

Finally the truth comes out of his republican mouth. Not against illegal immigration because they are the kin of the "Hispanic" voters that I need.