Effort To Unseat "Right-Wing" Democrat Sputters

Despite a vigorous attempt by MoveOn.org, the Kos Kids and other members of the Lefty blogosphere to defeat Representative Henry Cuellar in the Democrat primary, the Texas Congressman beat challenger Ciro Rodriguez yesterday and is headed to an almost certain re-election this November.

Let me take a moment here. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Thank you.

Adam C. at Redstate.org looks at what this means in terms of political trends with Hispanic voters.

Republicans have not put a lot of time and effort into pursuing minority votes over the past few decades mostly due to a belief in a colorblind policies. However, President Bush and Governor Bush of FL have done extremely well in the Hispanic communities of their home states. With 8 years of Presidential outreach and a concerted effort at the state level, Hispanic voters are warming up to the Republican party. And it would not surprise me to see someone like Congressman Cuellar leave the Democratic Party if he continually draws primary challenges from the MoveOn.org wing of the party. After a few terms in Congress, he would have the homegrown support to switch if need be and he might bring a few voters with him. As long as the coastal left wing of the Democrats continues to believe their views are popular in working class Hispanic neighborhoods in TX (and similar districts), they will remain in the proverbial wilderness outside their coastal stronghold.

Finally, the lesson from the successful outreach to the Hispanic community on issues of faith, school choice, and rewarding hard work is that sometimes it takes reaching out to a community before they give you a chance. I think the Republicans have learned this lesson and are applying it to the black community now. The message of low taxes, equal opportunity in the school of one's choice, respect for faith, and opposition to abortion-on-demand and same-sex marriage has opened new doors for the Republicans. The fact that some moderate Democrats are winning primaries on the same issues is additional evidence that these positions are winning ones.

And, on the other side of that coin, the Liberal positions of the Democrat base are the losing ones.

Once again. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

h/t: Mark at Decision '08

UPDATE: 3:00pm
Kos isn't sweating it, though.

So we didn't kill off Cuellar, but we gave him an ass whooping where none was expected and made him sweat. That's the reason why Lieberman is sweating in Connecticut and lining up his dog and pony endorsement shows to flex his muscle. He can't take for granted that a no-name businessman with no political experience and zero connections in his state's political establishment will be a non-factor, not with what we've done for people like Dean and now Ciro.

And what do Howard Dean and Ciro Rodriguez have in common? They both lost. So what does that make Markos, now? 0 for 19?

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