"Here is a political no-brainer," Ramos writes in a copy of his article translated from Spanish. "If Republicans in the House of Representatives vote against the immigration reform legislation ... they will lose the presidential election in 2016." George W. Bush needed Hispanics in Florida to be elected, and neither Romney nor the next Republican candidate can do so without Hispanic support, he argues. If Boehner and Republicans withhold a House vote on the legislation, "how many years will they have to wait for Hispanic voters to forgive them?" In NBC News, a group of journalists led by Chuck Todd and Mark Murray write that "it could leave a long-term mark." And this warning shot is not from just any old commentator: "Jorge Ramos is to the Latino community today what Walter Cronkite used to be in U.S. media," writes Daily Kos founder and publisher Markos Moulitsas.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 20:52:51 +0000
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