Stile: Hands-off approach on immigration helps Christie

Stile: Hands-off approach on immigration helps Christie
- August 17, 2014
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science professor, is quoted by NorthJersey.com August 17, 2014
From NorthJersey.com:
Political observers say Christie is following the example of George W. Bush, who
was able to unify a fractured GOP around his “compassionate conservatism” slogan in
2000. Bush captured the White House that year with 35 percent of the Latino vote,
and four years later grabbed 44 percent. “He [Christie] needs to find the Bush wing
of the party,” said Louis DeSipio, a political science professor at the University
of California, Irvine who studies Latino voting trends. “Christie has a tougher road
at this point because the rabid wing of the party has become more vocal and represents
a higher share of the primary voters.
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