{"id":37839,"date":"2013-06-16T18:22:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/the-gop-keep-realizing-things-then-ignoring-them.html"},"modified":"2013-06-30T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T00:01:21","slug":"the-gop-keep-realizing-things-then-ignoring-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/16\/the-gop-keep-realizing-things-then-ignoring-them.html","title":{"rendered":"The GOP keep realizing things, then ignoring them"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you talk to most GOP leadership, they'll demonstrate they know exactly what they need to do to keep their party nationally relevant and capable of winning for the future. \u00a0And then they get back up in Congress and the campaign trail and say the same thing to their base that has been getting them in trouble with the rest of the electorate.<\/p>\n

Quoth Lindsey Graham: 'The South Carolina Republican added: \u201cBut if we don\u2019t pass immigration reform, if we don\u2019t get it off the table and in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn\u2019t matter who you run in 2016. We\u2019re 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\u2019t do that, it really doesn\u2019t matter who we run in my view.\u201d'<\/i><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Lindsey Graham: Republicans \u2018are in a demographic death spiral\u2019 | The Raw Story<\/a>
\n 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 \u201cdemographic death spiral.\u201d \u201cI think we’re going to have a political …\n <\/p>\n

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If you talk to most GOP leadership, they'll demonstrate they know exactly what they need to do to keep their party nationally relevant and capable of winning for the future. \u00a0And then they get back up in Congress and the campaign trail and say the same thing to their base that has been getting them … Continue reading “The GOP keep realizing things, then ignoring them”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,99,358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2012","category-poor-citizenship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31298,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/09\/evolution-on-immigration-from-the-gop.html","url_meta":{"origin":37839,"position":0},"title":"Evolution on Immigration from the GOP","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Nov-12 8:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"Remarkably enough, after taking a shellacking in the Latino community, the GOP is now championing immigration reform, both politicians and pundits.'On his radio show Thursday, Hannity told his listeners that he has \u201cevolved\u201d on immigration policy and now supports a \u201cpathway to citizenship.\u201d The problem can\u2019t go on, he added.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48165,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/16\/immigration-amnesties-past-and-present.html","url_meta":{"origin":37839,"position":1},"title":"Immigration amnesties, past and present","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 16-Nov-14 1:47pm","format":false,"excerpt":"As the article notes, Reagan and Bush Sr both used executive orders to extend immigration reform and amnesty far beyond anything that had been authorized by Congress. 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