Thursday, April 26, 2012

Rubio helps GOP tack to the center

The Washington post reports on the Senator's proposal for an alternative Dream Act - which would offer chances for the children of illegal immigrants to become citizens. This is another example of the pivoting the party has to do in order to win the presidency, but its interesting that Romney is not doing it. He can embrace or reject it based on how it plays. Rubio is rumored to be on Romney's VP list.

Two questions:

1 - Will it be accepted by the party's base? Meaning, can Romney embrace the proposal and not lose the support of the party's right wing?

2 - Will it be accepted by the Latino population? Rubio's Cuban roots does not put him in the mainstream of the Latino community.