The Real Reason Republicans Can't Win Latinos and Women
The smartest comments on the GOP's looming demographic troubles come from veteran Republican consultant Dan Schnur, who had this to say to the Los Angeles Times about his party's predicament with women and Latinos:
National Republicans have made a calculated decision, for about 20 years now, that it's worth writing off states like California in exchange for a secure base of support in the South and in the near West [Great Plains and Rocky Mountain states]. But California's demographic makeup isn't nearly as unique as it was in the 1990s. Romney's advisers make the case that Latinos are much more interested in the economy than in immigration. That may be true. But if voters don't think that you respect them as human beings, they're not going to listen to what you have to say about the capital gains tax or start-up loans for small business.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/susan-milligan/2012/08/27/the-real-reason-republicans-cant-win-latinos-and-women-