Republican Convention Logical Conclusion.. Romney for President, with Santorum Behind him

[Grace62]

beagledave wrote:
[quote=Grace62]
Romney Rubio

It's definitely good on paper. I guess Marco would bring the sexy - to the extent that that's possible when you're a Tea Party Republican.

I don't see him helping with the Hispanic vote much though. Romney already has a lock on the Cuban American community but Mexican Americans are going to be looking at the GOP's immigration policy of the past few years, and that's going to damage their ticket regardless of who's on it.

I would think that Rubio might help in Florida as well. A pretty important swing state.
yes I'm sure he would - Obama and Romney are tied right now in Florida.

[mrbigstuff]

[Dennis S]

Grace62 wrote:
Romney Rubio

It's definitely good on paper. I guess Marco would bring the sexy - to the extent that that's possible when you're a Tea Party Republican.

I don't see him helping with the Hispanic vote much though. Romney already has a lock on the Cuban American community but Mexican Americans are going to be looking at the GOP's immigration policy of the past few years, and that's going to damage their ticket regardless of who's on it.

Do the Mexican-Americans even care about Rubio's heritage? Do they know they are "supposed" to be linked with him? (The point is, didn't white Americans form the concept of "Hispanics" and do the individual groups even know or care they are just connected in the eyes of certain Americans?)

[beagledave]

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2...y_repu.php

Four of five Latinos who voted for Obama in 2008 say they will likely vote for him again. More surprisingly, Hispanics who voted for McCain are now split on whether they'll vote Republican again. Forty percent of Latino McCain voters say they're leaning toward supporting Obama, compared to just 38 percent who say they'd vote for Romney.

However, about one-third of respondents say they'd considering voting for the Republican ticket if it included a Hispanic running mate. Almost 25 percent say they'd consider voting Republican if Marco Rubio were the VP candidate. More importantly, four in ten Florida Hispanics say they'd consider it.

[Grace62]

I think that puts the GOP back at square one with Hispanics if they choose Rubio, and in a deficit if they don't. They've lost a lot of support since '08 but would get some back with a Rubio ticket.
Cuban Americans tend to vote Republican, they'll go for Romney regardless of the running mate.
He got no love at all from Mexican Americans in the Florida primary.