The Issue: Whether gaining more support among Latino voters could help the GOP win future elections.
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If you think that the so-called rising Latino GOP stars are going to save the Republican Party, you’d better think again (“Immigration Indigestion,” Editorial, Nov. 8).
Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen.-elect Ted Cruz and Gov. Susana Martinez can’t save the party. It’s their core beliefs that are the reason for defeat in the election, and it’s unlikely those beliefs will change. They are out of touch with 21st-century America. The GOP’s future is indeed gloomy.
Howard Feldman
The Bronx
The Post’s argument that most Latinos migrate to America in search of a better life and to assimilate is correct.
However, it does not explain why they favor a candidate who goes against that American fabric by keeping our southern border open and providing safe haven for illegal immigrants.
The GOP, and by extension Mitt Romney, were correct in adhering to the principle that our laws should not be broken. Romney did not compromise his principles; Obama has no principles.
The GOP should have concentrated on retaining the House and winning the Senate, which would have kept Obama in check.
Since the Latino vote is 10 percent of the electorate, it was the white vote that governed this election.Elio Valenti
Brooklyn