Quoth Lindsey Graham: 'The South Carolina Republican added: “But if we don’t pass immigration reform, if we don’t get it off the table and in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016. We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party. And the only way we can get back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is pass comprehensive immigration reform. If you don’t do that, it really doesn’t matter who we run in my view.”'
1. This will not lead any GOP leader, including Lindsey Graham, to openly and vigorously support comprehensive immigration reform. Though they might do so behind the scenes, where the base can see it.
2. It's also kind of a shame that Graham (et al.) are in favor of such things primarily if not solely because it will win elections.
Lindsey Graham: Republicans ‘are in a demographic death spiral’ | The Raw Story
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Sunday that he favored former Gov. Jeb Bush (R-FL) as a 2016 presidential candidate, but no Republican could win unless comprehensive immigration reform was passed because the party was in a “demographic death spiral.” “I think we’re going to have a political …
I've given up on people doing the right thing because it is right. It is sufficient to me if they do the right thing out of enlightened self-interest.
And that's what's so damn infuriating: the right thing is almost always the rationally self-interested one, and these people keep voting for irrationally stupid things because it makes an easier talking point with their base and financiers.