New Poll Affirms Prior Reports of Massive Romney Hispanic Deficit

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows Romney is trailing the President 69% to 22%. That's not as bad as the 70 to 14% spread seen in last month's Fox News poll, but it's still horrendous and pretty much will kill Romney's chances in November unless there are massive changes in the more general polls.

Despite Romney's efforts to distance himself from the anti-immigration rhetoric of the primaries, he'll have a tough time. The Supreme Court hearing of Arizona v. United States today, the decision sometime in the next few months, Democrats holding hearings and dragging people like Russell Pearce to the Hill, the refusal of Kris Kobach to quietly disappear, and a lot of Romney statements on camera will give the President plenty of opportunties to remind Hispanic voters of Romney's extraordinarily stupid decision to try and run to the right of his opponents on the immigration issue. Unfortunately, he can't get the 35+ million Hispanic US citizens to self-deport.

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[Beats]

This just shows on how blindsided people are in choosing their president or immigration do not matter to them. Since Obama took office, visas are difficult to get, deportation is at record level, scrutiny is ridiculous etc and people favor Democrats?

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Even though Mitt Romney's poll contracted by 47 percentage points, he might still win the election. It will all depend on his strategies.

[Another Voice]

They can't even do DREAM lite.....is deport them all or nothing for the Repuks

John Boehner Doubts Marco Rubio's DREAM Act Alternative Could Pass The House

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/26/john-boehner-marco-rubio-dream-act-alternative_n_1456509.html

[Another Voice]

Racism revelation hits close to home for Romney campaign

Steve Kornacki, senior writer for Salon, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether the Latino vote is completely lost to Romney given new revelations that the drafter of Arizona's SB1070 immigration law was motivated by concerns about maintaining a white majority.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-rachel-maddow-show/47182692#47182692

[Another Voice]

Mr. I love legal Immigration has a past.....

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/25/2768042/sen-marco-rubios-grandfather-near.html

[Another Voice]

The Hispanics will have to choose the less of 2 evils and that means the dems... Even though the dems only use immigration for political gain, they do not demonize Hispanics and what ever Hispanics are in Congress are mostly dems so they get the pulse of their community. Hispanics are some of the hardest working people in this country and they are no freeloaders they definitely pay their share of what they use. Nurse Waiting you are the typical Immigrant that loves the Legal v Illegal argument good riddance stay in your pedestal and take you "moral High ground" you are so much better than them....I am sure I can tell by the human essence you display in your postings.

[gg]

I think its too soon to predict the Histpanic vote .. With today's SCOTUS hearing it is clear that "Show your papers" will be the law of the land after 6 weeks. I would be curious to see the polling results after June when the law will go into implementation.

The current administration squandered a golden opportunity to fix the immigration system and one really cannot blame the SCOTUS for their decision.

BTW, it seems like the SCOTUS is not going to criminalize working or living in the country without papers.

[Nurse Waiting]

This just shows on how blindsided people are in choosing their president or immigration do not matter to them. Since Obama took office, visas are difficult to get, deportation is at record level, scrutiny is ridiculous etc and people favor Democrats? Maybe they favor Obama/Democrats for reasons other than immigration (handouts, free healthcare etc?).

[Another Voice]

I guess he can kiss the amigo vote good bye, ADIOS SEÑOR ROMNEY!!!