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To: Brumar89 who wrote (769059)	2/11/2014 7:39:15 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578305

Dems just took control. R's can't make us fail, cuz they are now temporarily inconsequential, due to immigration non-reform a few years ago. The national GOP is going through a scaled-up version of the Pete Wilson syndrome. Back in the 1990s, Republican rising star Gov. Pete Wilson of California launched a crusade attacking undocumented workers. He campaigned for a ballot proposition that would, among many other vindictive measures, keep undocumented kids from attending public schools. The proposition passed with the substantial help of Latino voter apathy. But aside from being found unconstitutional, Wilson’s attack upon Latinos had a very serious unintended consequence: Inert Hispanic citizens woke up and became registered voters. Since Wilson’s doomed crusade, the percentage of Latino voters has increased in every election. All any California Democrat has to do at a voter rally is connect their GOP opponent with the magic words “Pete Wilson” and the election is effectively over. The state of Ronald Reagan is now deep blue; there are no state-wide elected Republicans. Latinos have long memories. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/196847-pete-wilson-syndrome-boehner-and-the-gops-last-chance-on#ixzz2t2LdBFW5