If the GOP wants to jumpstart a National 3rd Party movement for Conservatives
by Datechguy | January 16th, 2014
…this will certainly do the trick:
John Boehner is planning to unveil a set of Republican principles for immigration reform before President Obama’s State of the Union address, aiming to show the GOP is not hostile to legislation that might win them Hispanic voters.
If Speaker Boehner actually believes passing amnesty bills will make Hispanic voters suddenly decide to fall in love with the GOP he should make that announcement standing next to Senator Gabriel Gomez (R-Hispanica).
While that big from the National Journal is dicey at best, for sheer comedy you can’t beat this bit:
(The biggest threat to Republicans on immigration is in the primaries anyway, strategists say. No one will lose in the general election because they are too soft on immigration.)
Because as Presidents Romney & McCain not to mention Senator Brown can tell you, there is no precedent for the base staying home in a critical election when the leadership pisses them off.
I think it's already happened. What is it, 42% of voters now call themselves independents? Only 31 and 25% identify as Dems and Repubs. Looks like all of the swing voters already swung.