California commentator Thomas Elias wrote a recent piece about why he thinks the California Republican Party will fail in its efforts to attract a sizable share of the Latino vote in next year’s election cycle.
Yet the “scary” part of his commentary is that it really isn’t California-centric. You could delete the word “California” and the specific reference to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the column could apply to any state.
ELIAS BELIEVES THE California GOP will fail in getting sizable numbers of Latino votes because it is unwilling to change one bit of its party platform.
And that platform was put together by the segment of the party that wants to use it, and government, to deal with what it perceives as a very serious problem – the skyrocketing growth of the Latino segment of our society.
“As Republicans say, their anti-same sex marriage position pretty much lines up with the preference of most Latinos and their family values message resonates. But things like slicing education, police and health care services cut much more deeply because these are not mere ideas, but realities that create problems for hundreds of thousands of Latino voters daily.”
Tell me what about that paragraph from Elias’ column does not apply nationwide?
ALTHOUGH YOU REALLY should read the column for yourselves. It could be one of the most intelligible pieces you encounter today.
Fresh commentary for this weblog will be back on Thursday.
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