Latino Republicans Reject Lamar Smith

That’s right, you read it correctly, a group of Latino republicans that call themselves Somos Republicanos has, according to the  Washington Independent, written an “open letter to the future House GOP leadership…asking it to reconsider putting Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in charge of the House subcommittee on immigration and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in charge of the House Judiciary Committee.”

Their reasoning is simple, according to Somos Republicanos founder Dee Dee Blase: “It is our sincere belief that if representatives Smith and King were to become the Chairs of the House Judiciary and Subcommittee on Immigration, and if they indeed continue such insensitive rhetoric towards Hispanics, the conditions for a Republican presidential candidate to garner the necessary Electoral College Delegates to win the 2012 presidency will not be possible. Most of those states with the highest number of Electoral College delegates reside in highly populated Hispanic states such as California, Texas, Florida and New York. ”

Pero del dicho al hecho hay mucho trecho. I’m talking bets on how effective the Somos Latinos letter will be.

On the other hand, the Republican group posted an interesting list of politicians they call “Hispano amigables y no amigalbes.” It’s worth a peak.