I understand that there are huge electoral rewards for this.
But it's still wrong.
Are those the same "huge electoral rewards" that the GOP reaped when they selected moderate Bob Dole in 1996, and he then selected moderate Jack Kemp to "reach out"?
Becoming moderate is no way to win. As Rush says, given a choice between a pretend Democrat and a real Democrat, the real one will win every time.
What Bush needs to do (if this country has any hope of avoiding "irreconcilable differences" down the road) is to start convincing people that we need less government and more freedom. He is doing exactly the opposite, despite the lip service and the cheerleading that goes on here.
You are correct when you say it is wrong, but mistaken in saying that there will be electoral awards. Hispanics as a whole vote Democrat. They are not as lock-step as blacks, but their voting pattern will not change anytime soon.
What this will accomplish is the gradual dismantling of the historic 1996 welfare bill.