A Ray of Light?

October 9th, 2009

In just the last few days, two prominent conservative columnists, David Brooks in the New York Times and Michael Gerson in the Washington Post, have done must-read pieces lambasting talk radio hosts and some in the Republican Party for their short-sighted and deeply unsuccessful efforts to use Latino immigrants as a wedge issue.  While we have yet to see how talk radio or the party's leaders will react to these columns, it is a very hopeful sign that those in the party who have been privately concerned about the deteriorating relationship between Republicans and Latinos now feel empowered to voice those concerns publicly.