Washington Post Saw McCain Keeping Latinos in GOPRandy Shawbyline‚ Sep. 22‚ 2008The traditional media has seemingly gotten nearly every big picture analysis wrong this political season. For example, on February 20, 2008, the Washington Post reported that, while 2008 was “supposed to be the year of the Mountain West” for Democrats due to an anticipated Latino backlash against Republican attacks on undocumented immigrants, “the emergence of Sen. John McCain as the likely standard-bearer for the GOP may have scrambled the equation.” Reporter Jonathan Weisman suggested that McCain’s nomination would “cool a potential political revolt among Hispanics, sending Democrats in search of a new playbook.” What was the basis of such a conclusion? And has it come true? Read on … |