and then voted republican consistently from 66 to 88. in 1994 proposition 18 4shgs pete wilson got behind it, republican party got behind it, denying public sveervices toile legal immigrants, children of illegal immigrants. california has not been competitive since. abby, do voters in texas appreciate the distinction between the rhetoric of like a rick perry and the rhetoric of the national republican party? i think republicans in texas have been much more sensitive to what s happening in their state more than national republicans have been. that said, you can look at two things. one is support for schools and sment for obama care. on those two issues, which poll extremely high with latino voters, republicans in texas are about as far to the right as anyone. you have a state where rick perry said, we don t need to worry about expanding medicaid. that s not something we re going to deal with. which has been the position of any other republican governor. the other thing i would add t
has changed, and if the state is rejecting someone like him right now. flrp more asian immigrants to the country. the first time latinos weren t number one. the asian-american population is growing at a faster rate now in the country. and, you know, abby s got a finally reported piece about texas. the thing about the new southern strategy, i don t know if you noticed it but you pointed out at rt start of the segment it s not any more how to convert bubba back, it s where do we take latinos, asians, getting them registered to vote. the southern strategy, in the last ten years, has changed. that changes there s interesting policy implications.
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author of whistling past dixie, professor of political science at university of baltimore, maryland county and abby rapoport, writer at the prospect. you wrote the book that changed the way democrats thought about the south and a lot of democrats say, that s pretty good advice. when you look at that american prospect series, you look at demographic changes in the south, do you think it s time to rethink a little of what you said and maybe some of the south is much more fertile for democrats? certainly parts of it with the peripheral rim south, north carolina, virginia, texas and certainly states with significant latino growth, will the states that come next. when will they come and how long will it take? if you read my book i say, look, the democrats, if you look at the demographics of the country, will be competitive again in the south. do you want your majority and supreme court appointments and presidential victories and senate now or do you want to
0 leading to some division among democrats about how far to go to amend the bill to attract even more votes from the gop. democrat chuck schumer has repeatedly said he hopes to get 70 votes in the senate for passage in the house but that would require a significant number of republican votes and, therefore, significant changes to the legislation. i ve heard some who say we should not change consider any further changes to the bill. dare the other side to volt against it. i reject that approach. schumer s approach contrasts sharply by the strategy preferred by many leading democrats who think clearing the 60-vote threshold to defeat a filibuster is the best way forward. on tuesday illinois senator dick durbin told politico i want to get as many volts as we can but not at the expense of the basic agreement. when some of my friends announce 70 votes they create an incentive for republicans to dream up things they neeither the senate with 64 votes, 67, 70, that s sort of a talking po