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Mexicans fear Huckabee
By Jeremy Schwartz | Monday, January 7, 2008, 10:58 AM
A week ago, most Mexicans had never heard of Mike Huckabee. After the former Baptist minister’s victory in Iowa, many here now view Huckabee as a danger. Huckabee is generally seen as the most conservative of the Republican candidates and as such, the toughest on immigration (Mitt Romney might have something to say about that characterization).Here’s how this morning’s Reforma newspaper analyzed Huckabee’s victory:”The triumph of Mike Huckabee in the Iowa caucus is not good news for Mexico. It happens that the ex-governor of Arkansas … is winning supporters in great part through his plan to seal the border with Mexico with a wall and more Border Patrol. He also has the support of such “wonderful” people as James Gilchrist, founder of the anti-immigrant Minuteman movement and the actor Chuck Norris, who played the role of a violent Texas Ranger.”
In the Milenio newspaper, columnist Diego Petersen Farah writes, “Huckabee’s position on immigration is absolutely radical…Without a doubt, for Mexico and Latin America in general, Barack Obama would be a much more empathetic president, although not free of problems.”
He wrote this piece a little earlier about the wider view of the GOP candidates:
McCain gets love south of the border
By Jeremy Schwartz | Monday, January 7, 2008, 09:54 AM
Republican has almost become a four letter word here in Mexico, which largely sees the GOP as xenophobic and rabidly anti-immigrant. Republican candidates are seen as stepping all over themselves in an attempt to flash their tough on immigration credentials. The great Republican hope though is Sen. John McCain, who defied his party last year by co-sponsoring a broad immigration reform bill.Analysts here are putting a lot of stock in McCain’s performance tomorrow night in the New Hampshire primary. Ricardo Raphael, a columnist for the El Universal newspaper, writes today that a McCain win would show that “the xenophobia in our neighboring country has lost a fundamental battle …On the other hand, if Romney or Giuliani recover their political vigor and manage to get past McCain or Huckabee (the winner of the Iowa primaries), the anti-immigration flag will continue to fly and the very soon it will be the Democratic candidates…that will have to define themselves before the issue.”
It seems that McCain is feared the least out of all the current candidates - This has some interesting ramifications going into the big show - McCain is trying to build himself up into the GOP hopeful, but with such a huge percentage opposing compassion of any kind to illegal immigrants, this could stop him dead in his tracks.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Romney will probably make a new ad against McCain about this.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Mitt’s Used Cars is setting up a dealership in Mexico…
http://www.politicalpressure.wordpress.com
January 7th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
#2 - Stop trolling!
January 7th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
The demagoguery over immigration is really depressing.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320648,00.html
Jan 4-6
McCain - 34
Romney - 27
Huckabee - 11
Giuliani- 9
Ron Paul - 5
I dont have time to post it - I think this is new.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Kavon,
Would you please ban LaJ for this kind of crap?? This is ridiculous, and the fact that he/she is still allowed to post here is ridiculous.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Kav, on #6, I second this.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
LaJ, I’d consider that a final warning.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I third the banning of LaJ - you know it’s bad when even Metro warns an anti-Romney basher.
Much love to ya Metro - this has been a spirited few months with a couple left to go.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Metro,
You’ll be happy,i’m thinking of finally dabbling with the intrade markets.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
“Huckabee is generally seen as the most conservative of the Republican candidates” - why do you post this garbage - who cares what Mexicans think of our political candidates - the questions is whether Huckabee would, in addition to giving illegals immigrants free tuition, give them
January 7th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
SDGOP, takes a couple days for the wire to reach Ireland.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Thanks Ray.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
#11 continued… the questions is whether Huckabee would, in addition to giving illegals immigrants free tuition, give illegal immigrants the right to vote.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
#11 and your continuation #14 - yawn. You the one posting garbage, not I.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
You are welcome but I am offended you haven’t yet told me how adorable my daughter is in that TV spot.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Brett’s characterization of the issue is interesting. He says that “a huge percentage opposing compassion of any kind to illegal immigrants.” Couldn’t one just as easily state that a huge percentage are promoting compassion for legal immigrants, and those hoping to become such? It isn’t a matter of being blind to the plight of the illegal immigrants, it’s a matter of following the law, and rewarding those that do.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
#17, I did that just for YOU. Also, notice the URL? see the subtle impact that it has?
January 7th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Ray, she is… but you didn’t comment on how sweet my ride was in my photo.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
#18 - It is a sweet ride!
And Ray your daughter is sweet too!
January 7th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
#15 Brett - “Huckabee is generally seen as the most conservative of the Republican candidates” - that’s simply bogus and garbage - Huckabee’s only claim to being a conservative is his pro-life record - on all other issues, his record shows he is a liberal.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Metro - what photo? Did you attach a photo to your emails to me?
January 7th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Thanks Jared.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Bye all. Off to the HQ to make GOTV phone calls. Skipping out on the last half of my work day but nobody tell, please.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
There is a permanent anti-GOP bias just about everywhere outside the US that makes the leftward slant of our domestic media look practically arch-conservative by contrast. The mainstream German media that I follow would make The Nation seem like a centrist rag.
January 7th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
#18 - Huh?
January 7th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Ray,
See #78, #81 and #121 here:
http://race42008.com/2007/12/30/mccain-never-supported-amnesty/
January 7th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
#4
The zeal with which Washington (led by McCain) wants to make immigration worse is depressing.