Talking Point Memo's Evan McMorris-Santoro reports on how anti-immigrant SB 1070 has changed the political landscape in Arizona -- and not in the way its sponsors would have expected. Arizona "really is a swing state in 2012."
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The rumors are true, Rep. Chad Campbell, the Democratic leader of the Arizona state House, told TPM Wednesday: the state best known for Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the toughest immigration law in the land really is a swing state in 2012. And Democrats have SB 1070 to thank for...
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Nov 16, 2011
Latinos were a key factor in the defeat of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce, author of the state's controversial immigration law, according to a poll taken of voters. Latinos voters supported Pearce's challenger, fellow Republican Jerry Lewis, a political newcomer, by a three-to-one margin, according to Project New West,...
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President Barack Obama still holds significant leads among likely Latino voters over Republican candidates for the 2012 election, partially because most Latinos don't know or don't like the GOP field, according to a Univision-Latino Decisions poll released Tuesday.
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One year out from the 2012 election, we've released a report that the Republican Party's stance on immigration—and what it means for their candidates' ability to compete for Latino voters—is shaping up as one of the major storylines this election cycle. The report finds that as Republicans continue...
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Oct 28, 2011
A leading immigrant advocacy group warned Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Thursday that his endorsement by Rep. Lamar Smith, author of several immigration bills, could later haunt his White House aspirations in a general election.
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Utah's Republican attorney general has blistered his own party's 2012 presidential candidates for their harsh rhetoric on immigration, which he claims has alientaed Latino voters. "The party has lost those voters," Mark Shurtleff said at an immigration summit in Salt Lake City Wednesday, according to the Salt Lake...
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The harsh stand on immigration by some GOP candidates surprises Lionel Sosa, a Republican ad man who calls the rising anti-immigrant rhetoric "grossly insensitive and irresponsible."
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Republicans have an opening to steal some of the Latino vote, given that President Obama's approval rating among them has hit a new low, but the candidates will have a hard time winning them if they keep throwing red meat to their anti-immigration base.
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Oct 20, 2011
Today, Republican candidates are competing over who can talk the toughest about illegal immigration — who will erect the most impenetrable border defense; who will turn off "magnets" like college tuition benefits.
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