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RNC report: GOP ‘must embrace’ and ‘champion’ immigration reform (The GOP is finished!)
NBC ^ | 3/18/2013 | Cara Maresca

Posted on 03/18/2013 3:39:31 PM PDT by tobyhill

The Republican National Committee’s “Growth and Opportunity Project”—a self-assessment of the GOP’s 2012 performance, released Monday—diagnoses the party with a dire messaging problem, among other potentially life-threatening woes. But the surprising news from the report? It supports comprehensive immigration reform.

The study says that the GOP “must embrace” and “champion” reform, or fall victim to shrinking constituencies. “We also believe that comprehensive immigration reform is consistent with Republican economic policies that promote job growth and opportunity for all,” the report says.

The GOP is famously divided over the immigration issue. Some prominent Republicans have voiced their support, like Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.—both of whom represent states with significant Hispanic and Latino populations. (In Arizona, 30% of people identify as Hispanic or Latino, as do 23% in Florida, versus 16.7% of the national population). Others, like Jeb Bush, have bobbled, while Mitt Romney’s staunch conservative stance on immigration reform cost him Latino votes in 2012.

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To: Ann Archy

Amnesty without the freebies to a Democrat is DOA but they would make sure the GOP got the blame.


41 posted on 03/18/2013 4:15:55 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

There is no other way to say it appropriately, so I’m just gonna say it:

The GOP Ruling Class are the Judenrat for the MarxoFascists, and they are going to help Obama eradicate Conservatives.

Unless Conservatives get the hell out of that party while the getting is still possible.


42 posted on 03/18/2013 4:17:05 PM PDT by INVAR ("Fart for liberty, fart for freedom and fart proudly!" - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: tobyhill

Agreed

Natural Conservatives? Really?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2998141/posts


43 posted on 03/18/2013 4:17:24 PM PDT by AuntB (Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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To: KC_Lion

Come now KC, It’s unAmerican to speak such blasphemy. We must doo what the psudeoCons tell us and wote GOP no matter how left they go.

And you are a traitor if you don’t.

Because whenever a Dem and Repub do the exact same thing, it’s always OK when the Repub does it.


44 posted on 03/18/2013 4:18:46 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: AuntB

Every time any group of people have been promised freebies by a political party then they flock to that party. Nothing Conservative about that.


45 posted on 03/18/2013 4:19:57 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: Norm Lenhart

Edit: Wote = Vote


46 posted on 03/18/2013 4:20:25 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: tobyhill
Romney got about the same draw as Reagan. Bush got more but he still didn't get more than half.

Frankly too many of these people grew up in countries where Socialism is popular ~ not because it delivers anything but they'll kill you if you don't believe in it.

Besides sending them back home we probably need to stop letting any of them in until they figure out that this country is not about Socialism. That they got. We want something else and that ain't it.

47 posted on 03/18/2013 4:20:46 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: tobyhill

they say it’s just not feasible to deport 20m illegals....

yet they have no problem with the thought of forcing participation or imprisoning 20-200m people if they don’t pay for 0bamacare

the GOPe is just another group of power hungry big govt progressives


48 posted on 03/18/2013 4:24:01 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: tobyhill
They should just change the name - it will be cheaper and accomplish just as much.

The new name should describe what the party leaders want the party to become.

Smething like "Democrats 2" would be just the ticket.


49 posted on 03/18/2013 4:24:02 PM PDT by Iron Munro (I miss America, don't you?)
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To: griswold3

We don’t and haven’t had two parties for a long time. FUGOP


50 posted on 03/18/2013 4:24:16 PM PDT by cork (Remember Bengazi!)
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To: tobyhill

There is no leadership coming from the GOP since Reagan left office. No one has the moxie to stand up and tell the American people what the realities are. No on in the GOP has any moxie to counter the lies told by the “progressives” about conservatives. When all the rhetoric is coming from only one side of the “debate”, and they are the only ones who are framing the “debate”, there is no win for conservatives.


51 posted on 03/18/2013 4:24:29 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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To: griswold3

“If the Republicans behave like Democrats, why do we need two parties?”

BINGO! You are the winner. You have posed the question of the year.


52 posted on 03/18/2013 4:25:56 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: tobyhill

This is the GOPe report... They lost by not being conservative. All wrong conclusions. I’m really “done” with the GOP... I’ll only support conservatives, never again a party.


53 posted on 03/18/2013 4:27:55 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( EVERY DIME Obama Spends is given to him by the Republicans in the House.)
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To: heye2monn

#50


54 posted on 03/18/2013 4:28:12 PM PDT by cork (Remember Bengazi!)
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To: SoldierDad

Watch the GOP now prance around with every minority they can find that will be their buddy.


55 posted on 03/18/2013 4:28:54 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

I am SURE I made a couple of posts like that towards the end of the Primary... but was laughed out (and/or called a “purist”).. I saw it coming, as well as several others here.


56 posted on 03/18/2013 4:29:11 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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To: tobyhill

As an old white guy, I’m offended by the GOP report.


57 posted on 03/18/2013 4:29:48 PM PDT by moovova
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To: sten

they say it’s just not feasible to deport 20m illegals....


58 posted on 03/18/2013 4:30:01 PM PDT by Iron Munro (I miss America, don't you?)
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To: Bikkuri

Well, the opposite of purity is corruption.....


59 posted on 03/18/2013 4:31:02 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: tobyhill
Mitt Romney’s staunch conservative

Behold the only time you will ever see those four words used consecutively.

60 posted on 03/18/2013 4:32:51 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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