The results of the 2012 election was, to be ridiculously cliche, a wake-up call for conservatives. When the dust settled, it was apparent that at least one of the reasons for Romney’s defeat on November 6th was the embarrassing drop in support from Hispanic voters, getting a paltry 27% of the vote according to exit polls.
I spoke on the issue of Hispanics back in May on Misfit Politics. What I said then is valid today: conservatives and the GOP must learn how to engage this rapidly growing electorate or else they will be faced with the possibility of losing a third time in a row in 2016.
To that end, Brittney Morrett (@bmorrett) and I, with the aid and contributions of Michelle Lancaster (@skigarmisch) and Ben Domenech (@bdomenech), have put together a comprehensive primer that is meant to reverse the trend of the Hispanic electorate bleeding away from the GOP. This paper is not just filled with finger-wagging rhetoric or to play the blame game. It is meant to highlight what the GOP and the conservative grassroots have been doing wrong, or haven’t been doing at all, when it comes to engaging the Hispanic electorate. But it doesn’t just stop at pointing out problems. It provides specific, substantive solutions to those problems. Solutions that can be remedied this very instant.
We hope that you will take the time to read what we have to say. We don’t expect you to agree with everything we say. We do expect, however, that you begin to take the issue seriously.
Conservative Outreach to Hispanics – A Primer
Actually that wasn’t a bad list of action items and reflect a few initiatives that I’ve thought of. I agree that the Spanish speaking media has to be engaged and not just by buying ad time. We need to send people to participate on their news shows and to be interviewed, in Spanish! If we are left to translation then we are at the mercy of the Spanish speaking media, which is as hostile to Republicans as the English speaking one is. We need people who can go on those shows and argue our case in Spanish.
The right is never getting the hispanic vote. Nope. Never. Lol.
Oh, look.
Wally the wonder psychic has channeled Madame Cleo for our amusement.
Wouldn’t be the first time my predictions have come true.
Thank you, Kreskin, for your broken clock logic.
Oh shit dw droppin’ magic references up in here. Totally got me. Damn.
Thanks for posting this. It was a good starter. While I remain of the mind we can’t win the majority, there’s no excuse to not be pulling higher numbers. In 2004, we reached 40% in the presidential race. We need to be pulling that or better.
So boys and girls, how is that “conservatives reaching out for the latino vote” working out for ya?
http://nbclatino.com/2012/12/07/conservative-shock-jock-ann-coulter-latinos-are-the-lazy-underclass/
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Way to go guys, way to go…..
It needs a leftist filter to paraphrase its reading for it so it knows what to think.
Dependency of thought. Typed out laughter.
Because, intellectual.
That’s O.K. Dee Dubyah, you people just carry on treating latinos like shit.
That’s good for conservatives, it really is. There’s no way that articles like that are damaging your election chances.
There’s nothing Latinos like more than being insulted and racially abused by a skanky peroxide blonde stick insect.
Note how accurate information and statistics are always insulting to idiot leftists who prefer their propaganda watered down for easier understanding.
Carry on doing what you are doing Deee Dubyahhh, you’re doing a fine job.
But by all means let’s talk about this “accurate information and statistics” shall we, Deee Dubya?
The crux of Coulters latest propaganda piece is that Latinos are lazy bums just in America for the handouts, but according to your Center on Budget & Policy Priorities
“Non-Hispanic whites accounted for 64 percent of the population in 2010 and received 69 percent of the entitlement benefits. In contrast, Hispanics made up 16 percent of the population but received 12 percent of the benefits, less than their proportionate share.”
Also, Latinos have created twice as many new businesses in American than the general population since 2000 according to US census data.
Crux = Parroted talking points on an article it didn’t actually read.
I suppose it was too much to ask that you would finally engage in rational debate on this one.
Still, call me naive but I live in hope.
Hope = blindly debating an article it didn’t read based on the single talking point it was spoon-fed.