Apparently, President Obama has to work harder to get Latinos out to vote for him in 2012. According to one Latino pollster and an advocate for amnesty for illegals, President Obama has an enthusiasm gap with Latinos as well as having done a pathetic job of communicating how much he’s tried to be good to the illegal community by attacking the Arizona law and by going soft on deportations of illegal immigrants.
Most people “have no idea what the Obama administration has done to improve circumstances” for Latinos, the pollster Gary Segura said.
Of course, neither of these so-called experts thinks Obama really has to worry though because any Republican candidate is going to turn off the supposedly monolithic “Latino vote” due to harsh conservative rhetoric during the primary campaign.
Funny, but Newt Gingrich is getting skewered for his “sensitive” approach to immigration reform, while Mitt Romney is being raked over the coals for attacking Gingrich for a proposal Romney seems to have supported not too long ago.
“The Gingrich proposal may give Latinos in California a reason to think twice about their vote in 2012.
“As it is, many Latinos share conservative values on questions such as abortion and same sex marriage. Finding solace on the immigration issue could be a game changer for many in the Latino bloc,” writes Larry Gerston.