[FITZ]

I live near the border ---- the immigrants coming in from Mexico are not Conservatives, they are not Republicans. They're poor, uneducated, unskilled and will vote for safety net programs ---- ie welfare programs or whoever will promise them those. The immigrant from Mexico isn't voting for Republicans ---- the entire border area is going more and more to the democrats.

[SBell]

The immigrant from Mexico isn't voting for Republicans ---- the entire border area is going more and more to the democrats.

Certainly. I'm thinking of the 50 or so Texas "Mexicrats" that fled the state and shut down the Texas House. If you look at a list of those Dems who fled the state it reads like a Mexican phone book...and they shut down the Texas government. It's bizarre.

I assume your solution is to do the right thing and damn the torpedoes. I don't totally disagree. Blacks in this country have been totally brainwashed (last election I had black friends tell me that Republicans were literally going to put them in chains...no joke), they voted 90% Dim and it didn't matter.

It's still too close for comfort. It still blows my mind that Bush won with less than the popular vote. He could sweep '04 or it could be a nail-biter. Pissing off Hispanics is a dangerous prospect.

[carenot]

the entire border area is going more and more to the democrats.>P>I have no idea why they would vote for Democrats.
The Republicans are doing more for them.