With Sen. John McCain losing prominence among the scores of immigrant voters it only seems natural that these voters would switch to Obama. Obama has done less to offend the immigrants of America and therefore has their support. The only other option would be for the voters to not vote at all which is absurd to think.
Speaking of being absurd, McCain yet again shows that he has no clear plan for reform. Not only does he not have a clear plan but he does stupid things that hurt his stance with people. In the blog post link below he commits political suicide by comdemning Obama's decision to kill an immigration bill but not telling the public that he voted the same way with Obama on those bills. http://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/mccain-opposes-himself/
In my opinion I think Obama has tried a little harder to garner not just the vote of the immigrants but also their trust that he will do something for them. I am a Republican and even I can say that without the least bit of remorse. McCain seems to have just been content to let his record be the judge of what kind of president he could be for immigrants. McCain has advocated for immigrants and immigration reform before but he has done little as of late to convince the public that he is the right man for the job. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/14/obama.latino.vote/index.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0714/p01s05-uspo.html
It seems by all accounts that Obama has all but wrapped up the votes of immigrants.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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Duckblogger,
On McCain's political mistake, have there been other situations where McCain made similar moves? Also, have the candidate's positions on immigration influenced the immigrants, or have the mistakes you mention been the only deciding factor on this issue?
Tommy
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