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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: lorne who wrote (136155)6/25/2012 1:44:56 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (5) of 224759
 
SB 1070 Opinion Is Good For Obama, Bad For Romney And Latinos

The decision is bad news for the Romney campaign -- already struggling with the Latino vote -- because it will likely increase the sense of paranoia and oppression in an already beset but vast national community.

The problem for the Romney campaign is that the ruling upholds one of the most invasive features of the law in the eyes of many Latinos, who have expressed fear that police will use racial characteristics to identify suspects even if they claim they will not

The ruling in at least one specific sense could be a boon to the Obama campaign. Since possession of a valid driver's license is, under the Arizona law, sufficient proof of citizenship, the ruling will force legal residents and citizens to get them if they don't have them.

There's no better place to run a registration drive than at or near a DMV. Most of those voters are likely to be Democrats, or at least Obama supporters.

More generally, the Obama campaign can reach out sympathetically to the Latino community. That could matter in swing states, especially Colorado, Nevada, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.

The president can also say that on the larger constitutional question -- who controls immigration law -- the court agreed with his administration.

huffingtonpost.com
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