While I don’t see anything positive he’s done so far, including Afghanistan, I think Horowitz is right, Obama must be engaged on the issues. He’s vulnerable there. It’s the voters in the middle that need to be won over, and he’s Hitler, a muslim, the antichrist, a communist simply won’t win them over. His actions will. As to broad themes, Big Government anyone remember Reagan. The deficit, remember the little guy from Texas. Tax and Spend, he owns spending, and will own taxes by 2010. Personal attacks are nothing more than a distraction.
The more Reps continue to believe that they are superior to the Dems because they don't go nose to nose with them and are above the fray, the more we will lose. The other side is comprised of tough street fighters who will do anything to win. Prior to 1995 they controlled the house 60 out of 64 years and had a stretch of 40 years straight. They have also dominated the Senate, but not to the same degree.
Due to demographics, the Dems are poised to become the permanent majority party. 87 percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants entering annually are minorities as defined by the U.S. Government and almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. By 2023 half of the children 18 and under will be classified as minorities and by 2042, half of the residents of this country will be minorities. Generally, immigrants and minorities vote for the Democrat Party. Hence, Democrats view immigration as a never-ending source of voters that will make them the permanent majority party.
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U. S. will be foreign-born. Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 306 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 133 million to 439 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.975 percent (2009 estimate), principally due to immigration.
An amnesty will just hasten this process, destroying the country with the stroke of a pen. The Reps can sit by and watch this all happen or they can speak out. Obama will push for an amnesty, but he really doesn't need it as long as our current immigration policies remain in place.