Race Pandering a Dead End for GOP

At National Review, Larry Kudlow has an article arguing that the "GOP Will Lose in 2016 without Sensible Immigration Reform."  This narrative has been trotted out repeatedly over the years by the more centrist members of the Republican Party – but it is wrong. In fact, conservative parties such as the GOP are either losing elections or making them tighter races than they would otherwise be, because of their propensity to engage in race-based pandering. The population of the United States is still 78 percent "White alone," according to the U.S. Census Bureau.  Hispanics and Latinos constitute only 17 percent of the population, with Asians at just 5 percent and blacks and African-Americans at 13 percent.  The "White alone, not Hispanic or Latino" category is at 63 percent. Since 2004, the voting rate in presidential elections for non-Hispanic whites has declined substantially, while that of blacks, Asians, and Hispanics has...(Read Full Article)