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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (164196)	7/24/2001 11:28:47 PM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 769670

"endorse the Democrats' plan to rebuild America's school systems"... That's the plan where even the teachers who cant teach fourth graders to read (as long as they're union) get raises and we have no choice but to pay for it. Hasn't that been the Democrats' plan since McGovern anyway???

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (164196)	7/25/2001 12:11:30 AM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Hispanic impact on American politics. Some cold, hard facts behind Bush's decision to push Mexican amnesty plan. Is it a desperate political gamble by Republicans? Time will tell. (Still trying to dig up hard numbers on how Hispanics voted Bush vs. Gore and in New Mexico in particular, but this factoid gives some solid information on the importance of the Hispanic vote in coming elections.) History & Facts * Hispanics, now 12 percent of the population of the United States, will account for 47 percent of its growth, according to Census Bureau projections. * The current Latino population of the United States is about 32 million, which is now larger than the population of Canada. * The nine states with the largest Hispanic populations, which include California, New York and Texas, account for 202 electoral votes -- or 75 percent of the 270 needed to win the White House. * Over the last 10 years, the number of Hispanics in Congress has risen to 19 from 11; the number of state lawmakers has increased to 189 from 135; and seven Hispanics hold statewide offices. * President Bush won only 19 percent of the Hispanic vote in 1992 and Senator Bob Dole fared worse four years later, with 13 percent. * In1996, 72 percent of Latino voters supported Bill Clinton. * Of America's elected Latinos, some 90 percent are Democrats. * A new U.S. Census Bureau report revealed that Hispanics will replace African-Americans as the nation's largest minority group by 2005. * In a poll commissioned by Univision, the Spanish-language television network, Latinos rated crime, education, and jobs as their three most important issues. Racism ranked fourth. Sources: New York Times, Economist, Salon speakout.com