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Mitt Romney needs to come back to Earth.
The Hill reported this week that the Romney campaign has set its target percentage of Latino voters at 38, hoping to beat the 31 percent Sen. John McCain won in 2008.
Does Mitt Romney truly believe he’s doing a better job of connecting with Latinos than McCain did in ’08? Does he think his campaign is only slightly worse off with the Latino vote than Dubyah’s was back in 2004, when the former president won 40 percent of the Latino vote?
Lest we forget, both George II and McCain were prominent supporters of comprehensive immigration reform.
In virtually every poll conducted in the last nine months, the president has led Romney in Latino approval by a strong margin, at times doubling that of his Republican opponent. To say the former governor of Massachusetts faces an uphill battle between now and November would be a gross underestimate; he faces a sheer cliff face.
From Huff Post Latino Voices:
“A non-partisan coalition of Latino groups laid out a platform Wednesday it says parties and politicians should adopt to win over the growing voter group.
For Republicans, that will be tough. The agenda includes support for comprehensive immigration reform, the Affordable Care Act and easier access to government services for Spanish-language speakers, along with opposition to voter ID laws — all views that deviate sharply from the current GOP policy plan.
‘We’re non-partisan, but the extremism the Republican Party is reaching, on a number of issues but particularly on immigration, [is] totally unacceptable,’ said Hector Sanchez, chairman of the coalition and executive director of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. ‘We’re here as an aggressive coalition to say enough is enough.’ “
According to the latest NBC News-Wall Street Journal-Telemundo poll, the president leads Mitt in Latino approval 63 percent to 28 percent. Simply put, the GOP — along with their Wonder Bread candidate — is up the Rio Grande without a paddle when it comes to the Latino vote.
Latinos may not be a monolith, but the Romney campaign will be hard-pressed to muster 38 percent of Latino voters who don’t support immigration reform, the ACA and Spanish-language services — much less are willing to vote for a party that seems, at the very least, unconcerned with the issues facing the average Latino voter.
About Hector Luis Alamo, Jr.
As a Latino Mitt has my vote. Hector, why do you mention Huff Post? We all know it is a liberal media outlet.
Mitt has got my vote, and if he can garner over 30% of the Latino vote, it’s a success.
He’s got mine too.
He’s def got my vote.
La mia no!!!
Not happening
He’ got my vote!
That’s not a success Bush garnered more than 30% ,that’s an extreme failure due to his lackluster approach and his disturbing policies and offensive comments, and dropping Rubio as a running mate altogether should lett you know , “Mitt doesn’t give a sh*t” about the Latin vote, nor many other minorities, he wants the white male, evangical or Protestant vote. His British comments let the world know, Obamas got my vote 100-% ,as many Caribbean Latinos I know.
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NO
McCain won 31 percent, and he’s still in Arizona.
…and there in lies the problem…..please tell me what the Democratic Party has done for the Latino community besides pander for votes??? The fact that the latino community historically has voted Democrat is preposterious…SMH
Generally speaking, Latinos believe in bigger government, and Democrats are the bigger-government party.
Hector just further made my point!
Hector: McCain didn’t lose the election because of the Latino vote. He lost the election because white indies went for Obama, and it is these white indy voters who will decide the election, and given that white indies are struggling with the bad Obama recession, guess where they’ll go? It’s also these white indy small business owners who feel betrayed at Obama for saying that they didn’t build that business. Romney is the pro-business candidate, and it is Romney who is going to win this election.
Hasn’t Obama deported more illegal aliens in 3 years than GW did in his 8 years? I believe GW’s presidency he averaged 21k deportations a month, Obama is averaging 33k a month. Clinton was at 9k a month. Soooo. I see lip service is much more acceptable than actions. Typical.
HIS OWN PEOPLE DONT VOTE FOR HIM
I only want flip-flops on my feet, not in the White House. Mitt Romney could care less about my interests as a Hispanic woman. He and the rest of the GOP do not have my vote.
Obama is currently carrying the independent vote, and I think that’ll carry through to November.
Romney — but especially the GOP — is much too extreme for independent tastes. No one thinks Obama’s a radical outside the House Republicans and their supporters.
@Jose Rios: It’s the question I keep asking but it never seems to get answered, because delving into the question may cause Latino Democrat angst. It’s the sharp pain they do not want to feel. Latino Democrats control Latino communities and its schools. And we know the schools suck, and we know the Latino communities don’t look that great either compared to the suburbs. Why? Because Latino Democrat elected officials only care about themselves, their political nucleus, and the party which is enriching them and their special Latino Democrat friends.
Mitt Romney the holding my finger in the air seeing which way the wind blows and not wanting to state my plans presidential candidate or, Ryan the support Atkins mysogony in sponsored bills but disavow him in the campaign to hide it, people are sick of thse payasos , the do as we say not as we do party of bringing the USA back to the 50′s. If the GOP dont support Adkins then why did they GOP adopt the language of redefining rape as part of their GOP convention platform yesterday, you can google the article or I can post it, your pick!
I didn’t see a question, except for the rhetorical one.
Those who vote for Obama either lost the work ethic of their ancestors (want to live of other tax payers) or believe the lies (aka broken promises) of the Democraps (yes, I spelled it right).
Romney will say anything House Republicans tell him to say, while Democrats have been trying to pull their president toward the left for the past 3 and a half years. Obama has principles, this much is clear. I may not agree with them, but I know he has them.
Jessy: Are you on the Adkins diet?
No one goes to a Republican for the truth.
He most definitely has my vote.