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Originally Posted by skysla
Now, I can see the political dynamics has shifted in favor of the Democrats...
The Democrats have an upper hand on the so-called "fiscal cliff" negotiations. In addition to that, the Republicans want to do something about immigration to stop any more Hispanic voters moving to the Democrats...
Although the birthright plan that the Republicans are having is unlikely to become reality due to the complexity involved in the process, it is good to see that the Republicans are alarmed.
At least, for President Obama's second term, there won't be as many issues bigger than immigration as during his first term. For the past four years, immigration was pushed off due to the economy, the health care reform, the budget/tax bills, the financial reform, etc. And, now, the Republican leadership is alarmed by the fact that more than 70% of the Hispanic vote went to the Democrats.
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Exactly this.
There are some naysayers on this forum that claim nothing will change in the next 2 years, but I guarantee there will be something down the pipeline. Both parties now fully recognize how important the "minority" vote is, especially Hispanics and this was more or less a rude wake-up call for the current GOP establishment. There's going to be a lot of talks of getting something done and not just merely lip-service either.
One good thing about this election? That the Democratic Senate managed to keep a majority when it shouldn't have (See Mourdock and Akin back when both were leading their Democrat rivals before the rape comments) and the political momentum is shifting in favor of the Democrats despite the obstructionist House.
Things are going to get
very interesting next year.
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