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[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=briansd1]ocrenter, it seems to me like Romney is being much more of a political opportunist.
Whereas Obama’s position has been fairly consistent on the Dream Act, Romney is flip flopping.
Without gaining an increasing portion of the Latino vote, Republicans will forever be denied the White House.
Demographics is destiny. You either embrace change gracefully; or you will be forced to accept it kicking and screaming.
Romney calls for loosening some immigration restrictions, but opposes Obama action on deportations http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/speech-to-latino-leaders-could-be-pivotal-for-romney–and-gop/2012/06/21/gJQATmNIsV_story.html?hpid=z1
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I’m going to have to go with Brian on this one. If this was supposed to be opportunistic on Obama’s part, then it was clearly a mis-step.
Sean Trende at RCP has an even-handed analysis of the Obama decision and its impact on voting: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/19/obamas_puzzling_immigration_decision_114531.html%5B/quote%5D
Problem with Obama this time around is the democratic base is rather lukewarm because Obama has been more of a moderate than a true liberal. So he needed something to rally the troop to improve turnout.
