The Massachusetts special election proves once and for all why the Republicans should not support immigration reform
Earlier tonight Democrat Ed Markey beat Republican Gabriel Gomez in the Massachusetts special election to win the Sentate seat vacated by John Kerry when he became Secretary of State. Last week I wrote a post about this election and how it would be a test case for immigration reform.
Republicans in the Senate have made the political calculation that in order win future elections they would have to support immigration reform in order to prove they are also an inclusive party. Massachusetts primary voters apparently agreed with this calculation when they voted for a liberal, pro-choice, cap and trade supporting, amnesty supporting candidate over the more conservative candidate. While Gabriel Gomez claims he is a fiscal conservative it is hard to see how he justifies that position with his stand on both cap and trade and amnesty.
This was the ideal candidate according to the new mindset of the Republican party and he was a minority to boot and yet he still lost, and it wasn’t even close. Why? The answer is simple; by supporting amnesty Gabriel Gomez lost more conservative votes than he gained in liberal votes because when faced with the prospect of voting for a liberal Republican and a liberal Democrat the Democrat voters will always side with the liberal Democrat and the conservative voters will stay home. We saw this in 2012 with Mitt Romney and that is precisely what happened in this case. The conservatives had no options and so they decided not turn turn out at the polls.
This is the perfect test case for how the voters on the national level will react if amnesty is passed, and the Republicans would do well to pay attention to what happened in Massachusetts because it can and will happen to them as well.
Republicans are putting aside what is best for the nation because they are acting on their own interests first and foremost and in the end they are signing their own death warrant. And they are too stupid to understand this because they are blinded in their attempt to hold onto whatever waning power they still have.
If the Republicans help to pass immigration reform they will be doomed to the same fate as Gabriel Gomez and Mitt Romney: Most conservatives will stay home and those who do not will go to the polls to vote against every single Republican who voted for immigration reform.
Are the Republicans really naive enough to think that if Barack Obama delivers on his promise to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens that they will somehow get the credit over Barack Obama and the Democrats? Apparently so, but they are only sealing their fate in 2014 and 2016 and they deserve the shellacking they will take in these two elections.
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This must be some terrific back room deal the republicans have signed on to. Since the insignificance of the Spanish vote in elections has been established( I refuse to use the made up word Hispanic) what then are these turn coats getting out.of this?
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That is a great question. Even if the Hispanic (sorry) vote went for Romney in 2012 it would not have put them over the top and the Republicans have to know this. They have been bought out by the companies looking for cheap labor and in doing so have sold the American people out.
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The Republicans will not change their stance on amnesty and will pretend this election never happened. If their goal was actually to destroy the GOP I can’t imagine what they could possibly do differently to fulfill that goal.
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I agree, they will write this election off by saying this was Massachusetts and they weren’t going to win there again anyway.
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The GOP is on the verge of making themselves irrelevant forever. I say go for it!
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I am with you John, they are doing this to themselves and at this point I say let them reap what they have sown!
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The Rubio Ryan amnesty ad would be a joke were it not such an insult to our intelligence. I for one questioned Rubio’s authenticity from the day he stepped into the national spotlight. As a resident of New Jersey What I sensed was a reincarnation of Bob Menendez’ opportunistic playing of the son of Cuban refugees card. As for the other sellout, Paul Ryan, what the f__k is he up to? These two could become the next McCain Graham duo. A pix on all their houses.
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I started to get learning on Rubio when he was being talked about for VP, that is when I first heard his talk about a “conservative” approach to amnesty. The thing is this approach is no different than the other times this has been tried with the only difference being in the way the Republicans are trying to sell it to the American people.
I really have no idea what the hell Ryan is up to!
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This election proves you can’t do Democrat lite. The turnout was also appalling low. I guess stupid is as stupid does. Where was a third party candidate?
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No you cannot, when given the choice between a real Democrat and a faux Republican the voters will always choose the later. Why is it that the Republicans do not understand this. I believe there was a third candidate on the ballot but he got only a half a percent of the vote.
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Oh yeah the TVP. I think this party should have won.
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I don’t understand what Ryan is all about. One big disappointment. Just when one thinks there are some with principles, …. Though Palin was lacking in many respects I never once doubted her love of country. Cruz is about the last, but who knows how much longer.
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Paul’s stance is bewildering and he can no longer be trusted. Cruz is still with us but we will have to see if the establishment is able to reign him in.
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