pick the democratic ticket right now, 30% would choose the republican nominee. meanwhile one columnist explains how governor romney can avoid lights out tonight. he says and this is a quote, mitt romney must make americans understand in the clearest of terms how he ll create jobs. he needs to finally take his bain experience and turn it into a plus. rick sanchez wrote that column for fox news latino. he s also a fox news contributor. great to see you, rib. not only that poll that we just put up on the screen. the wall street journal came out with a poll, the president has a 50-point lead among latinos, why is that. the first thing is that s just nothing more than a huge opportunity that has been missed. ao eights a big fat fast ball right across the plate and it just seems like governor romney has not been able to hit out of park. here you have a block of voters. a lot of people don t know this. gregg. 34% of hispanics who arrive in the united states consider
of the latino community. the president took the position, two positions. one was very wonky and one was a lesson kind of from it school house rock how a bill becomes a law and then went ahead and said well, you know, congress appropriated this money so i guess i have to spend it but did something really interesting this time around which is he also made an emotional argument saying my heart breaks out, breaks for these for example young undocumented illegal immigrant students. the question really is going to be, bill, if latino voters are not not just going to buy it and we have seen in the last fox news latino poll that the president has an edge over governor romney two to one but it is going to be is it going to be enough to get them to the polls on november 6. bill: but for you personally did the president answer the questions? i think he didn t. bill: he did what he always does, goes off in a tangent and eats up the time and does the
of the latino community. the president took the position, two positions. one was very wonky and one was a lesson kind of from it school house rock how a bill becomes a law and then went ahead and said well, you know, congress appropriated this money so i guess i have to spend it but did something really interesting this time around which is he also made an emotional argument saying my heart breaks out, breaks for these for example young undocumented illegal immigrant students. the question really is going to be, bill, if latino voters are not not just going to buy it and we have seen in the last fox news latino poll that the president has an edge over governor romney two to one but it is going to be is it going to be enough to get them to the polls on november 6. bill: but for you personally did the president answer the questions? i think he didn t. bill: he did what he always does, goes off in a tangent and eats up the time and does the
of the latino community. the president took the position, two positions. one was very wonky and one was a lesson kind of from it school house rock how a bill becomes a law and then went ahead and said well, you know, congress appropriated this money so i guess i have to spend it but did something really interesting this time around which is he also made an emotional argument saying my heart breaks out, breaks for these for example young undocumented illegal immigrant students. the question really is going to be, bill, if latino voters are not not just going to buy it and we have seen in the last fox news latino poll that the president has an edge over governor romney two to one but it is going to be is it going to be enough to get them to the polls on november 6. bill: but for you personally did the president answer the questions? i think he didn t. bill: he did what he always does, goes off in a tangent and eats up the time and does the
enthusiasm. that was one of the worries there wouldn t be as much enthusiasm because immigration wasn t passed but that has been a big hit. those on the right said that was a well timed executive order as well. when it comes to immigration reform the new fox news latino poll says 58% likely latino voters approve of the president s handling but when independents were asked that same question, there s an even spread among those who approve and disapprove. should the president be at all concerned about that? he should be because independents largely hold the cards in this race. this is a long term problem for the gop. the gop needs to right itself with hispanic voters or the goep is doomed because of the shi shifting demographics. right now the gop is perceived as being less than hospitable because of party positions, show me your papers in arizona or voter id efforts like in my