GOP’s Demographic Wager: Wooing Latino Candidates

Roy Beck, executive director of Numbers USA, a group that advocates for strict limits on immigration, said strategists who urge a softer stance will be hard-pressed to find “any Republicans who want to stay in office who want to take their advice.”

A more conciliatory approach, Mr. Beck said, would turn off independent voters, who tend to support more restrictive immigration policies, particularly at a time of high unemployment, and whose movements back to the GOP in recent months are likely to spur big gains for the party this November. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791504575079732815974568.html

By PETER WALLSTEN — Wall Street Journal