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>> absolutely. sometimes they talk and they do outreach activities and can help themselves and go back to a jan brewer strategy, which is clearly divisive, clearly it is going to be pushing latinos away from the republican party. thats where they are right now. they got to do something if they want to try to say we are the party of the big tent, we want to reach out to hispanic voters. they cant put jan brewer up as the spokesperson for the party. president obama wont have to do anything, he can...

Israeli palestinian front on a lot of pending deadlines. wasnt to ask you about this immigration trip today. hes gone to the border. hes trying to reignite, kick start the debate, however you want to frame it. but hispanic leaders, not happy, that hes not delivered on his 2008 campaign promise. and really isnt going to be able to. >> look, theyre trying to shift -- what theyre trying to do is shift the conversation saying were trying to rally people behind this issue. were trying to bring attent...

Areas count hispanics at their largest minority. william frye is a senior fellow for the metropolitan policy program at the brookings institution and joins us this morning. i want to get to the basic numbers from the census first. one in every six americans is hispanic, and the hispanic population jumped from 42% over the last decade. when is the last time we saw this growth explosion from a minority group in our nation? >> well, it certainly is very spectacular, and i think whats important abou...

Because a large part of the hispanic population is under 18 and some are not vregistered to vote. once that movement gets going, well see many more candidates and were going to see existing candidates play to the issue of the hispanic voter,here now theyve been in the background. i think thats going to change very quickly. >> for anybody thats thinking hispanic, its not always a loyalty vote to get you into office. >> thats right. the hispanic population is very much not in the democrats pocket....

Governors office but things are moving in every state. i think both sides on this issue can agree on one thing, the reason that states are coming up with these immigration laws is because there is a political vacuum that exists in washington that doesnt permit either republicans or democrats to confront this issue one way or another. if the federal government were doing its job and dealing with immigration reform and also dealing with the porous border this country has with mexico, if those issu...

What does he need to do? >> four factors, first of all, the economy. last week, we saw more good news. the economy grew again. thats going to play a large role in 2012, along with the change in demographics of the united states. we saw some of the recent census figures, the hispanic population has grown. that should help the president who won the hispanic vote. the third factor is money. the president will have to raise a substantial amount of money. >> which is why hes starting the process this...

That means a fairly good chance of being elected historically. i want to show you the presidents latest approval rating. 42% give him an approval rating. disapprove. 48%. not a great place to start a campaign, but its a snapshot in time. what does he need to do? >> four factors, first of all, the economy. last week, we saw more good news. the economy grew again. thats going to play a large role in 2012, along with the change in demographics of the united states. we saw some of the recent census ...

Hispanic population? 14% of the population. but it only cast 9% of the vote. so just the fact that there are these population shifts dont necessarily mean that either the votes will -- that people will vote. and why should we assume that they would vote for barack obama rather than the republican alternative? >> well, its very true. barack obama is getting about 60% of the hispanic vote and both the hispanic and asian vote they tend to cast fewer votes by percentage than they are of the populati...

>> jim, karl rove during the immigration fight would make this political argument behind closed doors saying guys, the country demographically is shifting, and if you dont woo hispanic voters, it is over, you will never see the white house for a generation. >> yeah. thats something said for quite some time. you have seen republicans make various outreach efforts. in some places they have success, a lot of places far short of what they want to do. in terms of african americans, you kind of knew t...

Places that you wouldnt expect. >> you know, jim garrity, karl rove during the immigration fight behind closed doors saying guys, the demographic is shifting. if you dont woo hispanic voters, its over, you wont see the white house for a generation. >> youve seen republicans make various route reach efforts. some places they have success, but in other places its far short of what they want to do. in terms of african-americans, you would they would have a base identity with the first afric african...