Immigration Law

WILL MCCAIN IMMIGRATION VIEWS HELP HIM WIN FLORIDA?

By Greg Siskind

Rudy Guiliani is banking everything on winning Florida. He's hoping all the ex-New Yorkers living in the Sunshine State will deliver him a win that will help get him back to the top of the heap.

But is Florida the state that will instead seal the deal for McCain? There's one place in America where being pro-immigration plays VERY well with Republican voters. And that's my home town of Miami, Florida where the anti-Castro Cuban community members have been reliable supporters of the GOP for decades. McCain's support for comprehensive immigration reform will help more than hurt with many Republicans in Florida. And those New Yorkers in South Florida are mostly Democrats (remember why Al Gore wanted each and every vote in South Florida to be counted?) so Guiliani may be on shaky ground if that's what he's hoping will save his campaign.

Of course, the further north you go in Florida, the more Southern it gets and Governor Huckabee will likely find support. And in the northern and central parts of Florida, the anti-immigration rhetoric will play better. 

And speaking of South Florida, Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheim has the same take on the meaning of the New Hampshire primary as I mentioned the other day. And the Daily Kos, the liberal blog, also has a similar view.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on January 10, 2008 (boomark / email).