The National Republican Congressional Committee is well aware of their party's problems with Latino voters, but insists it's making progress. Indeed, the NRCC has a list of 27 non-incumbent Latino candidates running for office in 2012.
Elise Foley, however, discovered some problems with the list.
There's just one issue: Some of the candidates on the list aren't actually Latino -- or even registered Republicans.
The Huffington Post contacted each of the 27 reportedly Latino candidates touted by the NRCC, and spoke to more than half. Most of them said they hadn't heard from the NRCC before they announced their run -- and many still haven't. In addition, two of the candidates told the Huffington Post they were married to Latinos, but were not Latino themselves. [...]
The problems with the list don't end there. One candidate listed is no longer registered as a Republican for the purposes of his campaign.
So, the National Republican Congressional Committee put together a list of Latino Republican candidates for 2012, without realizing that some of them aren't Latino and one of them isn't even a Republican.
This isn't the sort of thing that'll do as much damage as Republican support for "self-deportation" policies, or unyielding opposition to the DREAM Act, but it certainly doesn't help. And the fact that the NRCC wasn't aware of this helps reinforce the larger issue about Republicans and their disconnect from Latino voters.
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They're even disconnected from their Latino candidates! That's pretty sad.
Well if they are not white, not rich, not male and not Southerners why *would* the NRCC bother to keep track of them?
There is no proof that Jesus was against any LGBT people, since he would teach and speak to anyone who wanted to listen. Jesus’ only concern and dislike was for rich people who were power craving, corrupt, deceivers, greedy, hypocrites and arrogant. And to say LGBT are condemned is false and those who condemn LGBT people would be the sinners for causing these LGBT people to be put into despair. These religious hypocrites should think more of what they are doing and how they are sinning than to be condemning people they know nothing about. You can be quite assured that there is LGBT people who have been blessed with the Grace of God and the Holy Spirit that do things in this world that do help people and especially over things you know nothing about.
they had a women's blog with nothing on it.
the jokes write themselves
The NRCC must think the married ones are Latino by association.
If the republicans think that by just nominating "Hispanic" candidates to run for office is going to solve the problem for them of connecting to Hispanic voters , they are in for a nasty surprise... you see the majority of hispanic voters here in America can actually read and write in ENGLISH ! And they are well AWARE of where the republicans stand when it comes to the Hispanic community and issues such as the Dream Act or Ilegal immigration !.
And also self deportation !.. MITT ROMNEY is going to lose the hispanic vote in 2012..
I guarantee it !...
Just like they thought the Witch from Wasilla would attract all those Hillary voters.
See Hillary's a woman .
Cariboo Barbie's a woman
There you go, us ReePublicans likes wimmens too., so why not vote for us.
The shallow stupidity is beyond comprehension
The Dems are not going to defeat the Republicans; the Republicans are going to do it to themselves.
This is hilarious. Somebody is asleep at the wheel!
The Arizona "Papers Please" law is actually an Republican voter registration program is probably Mitten's next claim.
Yes, but some of them have 'hispanic sounding' names and that should count as being part of the republican 'big tent'.
Maybe some of them had sex with a hispanic in the past and that should count as being part of the republican 'big tent'.
At the very least, some of them can probably see Mexico from their front porches and that should qualify them as experts on Mexico and that should count as being part of the republican 'big tent'.
Besides that, if the republican leadership and Mittens keep claiming that they have a 'latino outreach program' and support from 'latinos'; who is going to contradict them? Not the Corporately Owned Media!
"Self Deportation" isn't as stupid as the link seems to say.
A special card for the purpose is, but the employer raids Obama performed WERE going to be effective. So much so that agribusiness howled to blue dogs to cut it out.
We can stop illegal immigration the moment we wish, no wall or Border Patrol ICE needed.
No money, no illegals.
When the labor pool dries up and wages for manual labor climb drastically, xenophobia and racism will suddenly stop being a plank in Republican circles. They'll need legal immigrants pronto.
This won't happen though. Corporate America LOVES employees that can't vote, unionize, or sue in court. Slavery wouldn't work this well!