Immigration Reform is now dead, taking with it the future of the GOP

[JimH52]

The TP is claiming that Cantor's supposed support for Immigration Reform is the reason he lost. I am not sure that is totally true, but a chill is now passing through the establishment Republicans. They will run, not walk away, from anything that even resembles Immigration Reform. What does this mean?

This means the long term survival of the GOP is in serious trouble. As the GOP runs away from IR, the Hispanic community will further distance itself from the GOP. If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020. National elections will be out of the questions and such reliable red states such as Texas and Louisiana could be turning blue. 2014 may be the GOP's last chance to win the Senate.

The battle within the GOP can only be seen as a plus for the Democrats, but they cannot sit on their laurels and expect to win. They need to continue to make IR a huge issues in all of their elections. There will be a time when the Hispanic Community steps away from the Dems, but it is nowhere in sight.

Opinions?

 

[Jughead]

If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020.

How will these demographic changes occur without immigration reform?

 

[Anathema]

We definitely need Immigration Reform, and I don't believe this ends it. What it does is to inform the Republicans what sort of Immigration Reform is necessary..... SECURING THE BORDER, rather than giving free shit away to the worthless wastes of flesh and oxygen who constantly cross our borders illegally on a daily basis. We need to free the Border Patrol officers up from the endless paperwork and get them back out on the border, doing their real job..... PEST CONTROL AND REMOVAL.

 

[Rotagilla]

The TP is claiming that Cantor's supposed support for Immigration Reform is the reason he lost. I am not sure that is totally true, but a chill is now passing through the establishment Republicans. They will run, not walk away, from anything that even resembles Immigration Reform. What does this mean?

This means the long term survival of the GOP is in serious trouble. As the GOP runs away from IR, the Hispanic community will further distance itself from the GOP. If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020. National elections will be out of the questions and such reliable red states such as Texas and Louisiana could be turning blue. 2014 may be the GOP's last chance to win the Senate.

The battle within the GOP can only be seen as a plus for the Democrats, but they cannot sit on their laurels and expect to win. They need to continue to make IR a huge issues in all of their elections. There will be a time when the Hispanic Community steps away from the Dems, but it is nowhere in sight.

Opinions?

It is very telling in America when a campaign depends on whether or not they have the minority vote, instead of on the quality of the candidate.

The blacks and the browns couldn't care less who the president is so long as they are not white.

Whatever they vote for, all it does is bring the USA closer to a third world country.

 

[hazlnut]

Xenophobia will not win in the long run.

This is America.

The multi-cultured outnumber the Tea Brain bigots.

 

[Seawytch]

The TP is claiming that Cantor's supposed support for Immigration Reform is the reason he lost. I am not sure that is totally true, but a chill is now passing through the establishment Republicans. They will run, not walk away, from anything that even resembles Immigration Reform. What does this mean?

This means the long term survival of the GOP is in serious trouble. As the GOP runs away from IR, the Hispanic community will further distance itself from the GOP. If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020. National elections will be out of the questions and such reliable red states such as Texas and Louisiana could be turning blue. 2014 may be the GOP's last chance to win the Senate.

The battle within the GOP can only be seen as a plus for the Democrats, but they cannot sit on their laurels and expect to win. They need to continue to make IR a huge issues in all of their elections. There will be a time when the Hispanic Community steps away from the Dems, but it is nowhere in sight.

Opinions?

They can start kissing Texas goodbye, that's for sure.

 

[Seawytch]

If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020.

How will these demographic changes occur without immigration reform?

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

 

[CrusaderFrank]

His support for Obama's Immigration Reform is what tanked him.

 

[Geaux4it]

We don't need reform. We need to build the fence while rounding up all that are here and making them start at back of the line at the front door.

-Geaux

 

[Geaux4it]

Xenophobia will not win in the long run.

This is America.

The multi-cultured outnumber the Tea Brain bigots.

FAIL

BTW- Don't PM me while your PM is turned off.

-Geaux

 

[Rotagilla]

Xenophobia will not win in the long run.

This is America.

The multi-cultured outnumber the Tea Brain bigots.

Standard exaggeration and hyperbole.

Wanting to close borders and enforce immigration laws does not = "xenophobia".

 

[CrusaderFrank]

We support Immigration Reform, we're just not going to do it Obama's Way

First, he's a pathological lair and you can't do business with him

Second, he has no respect for the law including his own

 

[Jughead]

If this happens, demographic changes will make it near impossible for the GOP to maintain a majority in the House by 2020.

How will these demographic changes occur without immigration reform?

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

Sure, they may influence the urban areas. However, unless you include the illegals, no way will they turn Texas blue when you factor in rural Texas.

From your link...

Hispanics may take more time to exercise the same influence in politics as they do in culture because those who are not citizens cannot vote, and they are disproportionately young, a group that generally tends to vote less often, DeSipio said.

Without immigration reform, illegals will not become citizens.

 

[Seawytch]

How will these demographic changes occur without immigration reform?

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

Sure, they may influence the urban areas. However, unless you include the illegals, no way will they turn Texas blue when you factor in rural Texas.

Um, yes, even when you factor in the rural areas. If the GOP does not do something to win back Hispanic voters, Texas will go blue. Depending upon who the GOP nominates for President, it could turn blue by 2016.

 

[NoNukes]

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

Sure, they may influence the urban areas. However, unless you include the illegals, no way will they turn Texas blue when you factor in rural Texas.

Um, yes, even when you factor in the rural areas. If the GOP does not do something to win back Hispanic voters, Texas will go blue. Depending upon who the GOP nominates for President, it could turn blue by 2016.

Driving through Texas, it appears that much of the rural areas are not densely populated.

 

[Brain357]

His support for Obama's Immigration Reform is what tanked him.

And any hopes of getting the hispanic vote is also tanked. Republicans will never learn.

 

[Jughead]

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

Sure, they may influence the urban areas. However, unless you include the illegals, no way will they turn Texas blue when you factor in rural Texas.

Um, yes, even when you factor in the rural areas. If the GOP does not do something to win back Hispanic voters, Texas will go blue. Depending upon who the GOP nominates for President, it could turn blue by 2016.

Reality check ... without immigration reform, Texas will not turn blue ...

Democrats don’t have a chance of snagging Texas in a competitive presidential election any time soon. That’s because Latinos in Texas are disproportionately ineligible to vote. Too many either aren’t citizens or are too young to upend the state in the next few election cycles.

Blue Texas: Eight Charts Show Why it Won't Happen

 

[Geaux4it]

Really? Have you not been paying attention to the Hispanic population of some of your favorite red states?

Hispanics Set To Outnumber Texas’ White Population In One Decade

Sure, they may influence the urban areas. However, unless you include the illegals, no way will they turn Texas blue when you factor in rural Texas.

Um, yes, even when you factor in the rural areas. If the GOP does not do something to win back Hispanic voters, Texas will go blue. Depending upon who the GOP nominates for President, it could turn blue by 2016.

Let them have it but do not support it.

Send the Mexicans here to the back of the line at the front door.

Build the fence

-Geaux

 

[Vigilante]

Xenophobia will not win in the long run.

This is America.

The multi-cultured outnumber the Tea Brain bigots.

Yes, we KNOW that the fucking muslim's and Sharia want to control us, and will wait 100 years in order to achieve that goal.... unless we start to limit and deport these Anti-American dogs!

 

[Anathema]

Without immigration reform, illegals will not become citizens.

Since when have Democrats required Citizenship in order to allow people to vote for them. Hell, they don't even require you to be alive to vote in Chicago.

And any hopes of getting the hispanic vote is also tanked. Republicans will never learn.

If ANY candidate requires anything other than the AMERICAN vote to win, the system is truly in deep trouble.