david, there s a difference though. the republicans are still in search of a leader. democrats have a leader whhas said what he would try to do. republicans seem to be pulling the rug out from under latinos who want to have that american dream, and what they, i think they re failing to understand is that if they don t stop the shouting and talk about how you re going to give people the american dream, they re in jeopardy, not just of losing latino voters and a lot of new citizens, in just in this election coming up, but for a long time to come. if you take a look at southwest, the future of the southwest, and the future presidents who win the southwest are going to know how to approach the latino vote. mike murphy, let s look at these stats from the census bureau as reported by the wall street journal. these are stes with the exception of missouri, that were carried by obama, in 2008. this is the percent increase in voting age hispanics between 08 and 10. florida, you see, it s
it s got tax cuts on the payroll tax to try to incent people to have more money to spend to create more jobs. at the same time it goes towards infrastructure in ways that republicans and democrats on a bipartisan basis have supported building our schools and fixing our roads. we can t get republicans to even give us a chance to vote. let me on a way when bill clinton was president only get democrats to put the bill forward. let me pick up on this. your column out tomorrow talks about the equivalency party movement on the left. what did we see over the weekend in lower manhattan and in brooklyn, this occupy wall street movement, demonstrations, arrests, is this does the president in a way need more of this? more activism on the left to say, we need a response to what we re seeing on the conservative side? because that s a big issue for him, whether people are going to have the same sort of enthusiasm. there s what s happening on wall street. there s a conference
education for kids of immigrants, and he s getting pill orred. centrist voters are going to be turned off by that. it s a big issue. yet there are hispanic voters upset with president obama for not getting reform through. david, there s a difference though. the republicans are still in search of a leader. democrats have a leader who has said what he would try to do. republicans seem to be pulling the rug out from under latinos who want to have that american dream, and what they, i think they re failing to understand is that if they don t stop the shouting and talk about how you re going to give people the american dream, they re in jeopardy, not just of losing latino voters and a lot of new citizens, in just in this election coming up, but for a long time to come. if you take a look at southwest, the future of the southwest, and the future presidents who win the southwest are going to know how to approach the latino vote. mike murphy, let s look at these stats from the census bur
say, we need a response to what we re seeing on the conservative side? because that s a big issue for him, whether people are going to have the same sort of enthusiasm. there s what s happening on wall street. there s a conference this week on the american dream, a kind of left of center conference. i think the president has been hurt by the lack of an organized lift. because if you look at what he proposed, the health care bill is mitt romney s plan in massachusetts. the stimulus plan was not as big as most economists thought it was. dodd/frank is not radical. it s pretty middle of the road. a left would be out there saying wait a minute, barack obama is a moderate or a moderate sort of liberal. we want to push farther than this. right now the whole discussion is huge, because the media has been obsessed by the tea party. with some reason. they had an effect on the last campaign. peggy, you do have to give the president credit for being very close on a very big deal on the debt ce
it s about getting out and appealing to people where they live, where they are, where they feel, and making sure that they understand he s trying to do what he can to help them out. quickly for each of you. governor mcdonnell, immigration. your state, as you well know, has a big increase, almost 19% since 2008 of hispanic voters who are now voting age. this was a state that the president carried. if you look at the party stance, a harsh stance on immigration reform, do you see him recarrying carrying virginia again based in part on the reaction among hispanic voters around the country to republicans on immigration? no, i don t. i think the president s way under water. last poll 39% approval rating. i carried the state by 18. three new congressmen elected last year. i don t see it happening. i do think that hispanic voters, while they lean towards the democratic party, are largely self-identified as conservatives. i think we ve got a great chance to reach them because our message