The LA Times reports:
The Republican Party's highest-ranking Latino official abruptly resigned Friday, marking the latest casualty in the GOP's bitter internal fight over immigration and dealing another setback to President Bush's years-long effort to court Latino voters.The announcement by Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida that he was quitting as general chairman of the Republican National Committee came after he had expressed frustration over the tenor of the immigration debate within his party. Martinez will remain in his Senate post.
"Mel Martinez was a symbol of the party's outreach to Latinos, and that seems to be disappearing," said Lionel Sosa, a longtime Republican strategist and advisor to GOP presidents since Ronald Reagan. "It is not a good day for Latino Republicans, that's for sure."
Increasingly, it's looking like the Republican Party's perceived hostility to Hispanics is causing this to happen ("Hispanics Desert Republican Party in Droves"), very possibly leading to this scenario. Oh well, it's the Republicans' loss. Literally.
And, take a gander around the conservative blogs and you'll quickly see the debate by some deteriorate from anti-illegal to just anti-anybody-not-them. Sad, really. But hey, it's fine if they want to live in their little bubble and high-five each other over perceived victories over illegals. See where it gets them in the long term.
Racists will never be in control here in the united states.