The Politico covers a bit of the fallout over the (A) Bill reference to the main Republican supporters. The main subjects are Lindsey Graham, Mel Martinez, John Kyle and Chris Cannon.
Of all the subjects, Mel Martinez at this time looks the most vunerable to backlash:
“It really is as bad as it seems,” said InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery. “This may be his nadir, his absolutely low point. Immigration is on the minds of the public [in Florida], and it didn’t have support in the state.”
Even Hispanic voters disapproved of the performance of Martinez, a Cuban-American, by a 2-1 ratio. Towery speculated that the Hispanic population in Florida, mainly comprising Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants, “are thoroughly indigenous American demographic groups” and were “as threatened” by illegal immigration as the overall population.
Martinez doesn‚Äôt face reelection until 2010, when the heat over immigration may have subsided.”
That last point has the talk of “Recall” in Martinez’s district talking loudly. There is even a website collecting signatures.
You’ll remember that living here in South Florida I told you that the bill had little to no support down here among the Hispanic populations, and in fact six of the major Hispanic rights groups opposed it.
It may be too early to tell if there will be any fallout among voters of each of the above. As far as I’m concerned that’s between them and their own States and it’s voters. But again it’s a reminder to politicians that regardless of their personal beliefs or motivations they must remember that who they really work for.
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CommentGuy
June 30th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
1Mac
Martinez is of Cuban decent and just ask any Cuban about how they feel about illegal aliens.
Some may say that is the pot calling the kettle black, but the Cubans see themselves as asylum seekers with much good reason rather than just petty border crossers.
Miami is a mix of many south american countries people.
Go there any time and you see people running around in their cars with those country flags flying from their door roof gutters like football team support flags any where else.
CommentGuy
June 30th, 2007 at 6:56 pm
2And as far as the other senator Nelson, the guy has always been a rubber stamp for the dems and has one of the most forgettable careers in Senate history.
You could ask who he is and almost half the people in the state couldn’t even name him.
Macranger
June 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm
3Commentguy,
Just as I’ve been saying. Born and raised and living among the Cuban population I wasn’t a bit surprised at their response to the bill.
Yet the lukewarm support was also evident among the other latin american populations as well.
The fact is that many of them saw the bill as a threat to “their piece” of the pie.
stevevvs
June 30th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
4Mac,
It seems Mel campaigned against Amnesty, from what I heard.
I don’t know the area of Florida you live in, but my Mother lives in the Leesburg area. She said they are getting an awful lot of Illegals there.
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July 1st, 2007 at 10:40 am
5[...] The Immigration debacle is not over. The purity wars are in full bloom as the Amnesty Hypochondriacs move to make sure they will never come close to seeing real reform. In fact, some fools are calling for Sen Martinez to be defeated or recalled (which will, of course, leave Florida with TWO Democrat Senators). That last point has the talk of “Recall” in Martinez’s district talking loudly. There is even a website collecting signatures. [...]
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