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What I say might not be to popular around here. But I do think our side did alienate a segment of the Hispanic community with the immigration battles of the last few years. I think even most 2nd generation and 3rd generation Hispanic Americans agree the borders need to be tighten. They don't like their tax dollars paying for the illegals heath care, education while short changing their own families. BUT, some on our side used the issue to blanket a whole group of people and used it as a racial wedge issue and fair minded people on our side did not call them out on it.

It's a shame because most Hispanics are conservative at heart. Down here, many are very successful business people that hate the tax system. They go to church and believe abortion and gay marriage is wrong. Many of them are strong 2nd amendment people and don't tolerate slackers. And we had them supporting our side more and more until the immigration debate. What some here don't understand is they viewed some of rhetoric as an attack on their hertiage. Sort of like the way blacks see when a white person waives the Confederate flag while saying “ The South will rise again.” True, some of them came over as illegals as children but worked their asses off and became citizens and even joined our military. Perhaps they could relate and hope that some of those same children would do the same as them. Anyhow, they saw it as an all attack on them and that is why we have know surrendered a voting bloc that was coming our way that could have helped us counter the voting blocs of the Rats.

If the GOP would have taken a better PR track in the immigration debate, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada would not be an issue this year. Heck, even California might have been closer and that would have helped GOP candidates in that state.