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Appearing on a California talk radio show last week, famed conservative activist and Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly disputed the notion that the Latino vote would be worthwhile for the Republican Party because, she believes, they do not comprehend limited government.

After the radio host posited that Hispanic voters actually have a lot in common with the GOP, specifically due to their generally social conservative views, Schlafly reiterated her belief that Latinos are actually not a worthwhile pursuit for the party.

“They don’t have any Republican inclinations at all,” she said, “they’re running an illegitimacy rate that’s just about the same as the blacks are.”

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“They come from a country where they have no experience with limited government. And the types of rights we have in the Bill of Rights, they don’t understand that at all, you can’t even talk to them about what the Republican principle is.”

Last month, Schlafly advised the GOP to stop its pursuit of Latino voters. Instead, she said, the party should focus on capturing more of the white vote. http://www.mediaite.com/online/conservative-activist-latinos-not-worth
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Sen. Marco Rubio's favorability drops among GOP voters, takes immigration hit

The willingness of Sen. Marco Rubio to work across the aisle on immigration reform isn’t helping him out with GOP voters, a new poll shows. Mr. Rubio is viewed favorably by 58 percent of Republican voters, according to new numbers from Rasmussen, but that figure has dropped 10 points from last month and 15 points since February. The name of the Florida Republican, thought to be one of the party’s rising stars and a potential 2016 GOP presidential nominee, actually elicited boos at a rally hosted last week by Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican. http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jun/25/sen-ma
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Ted Cruz fast becoming ‘most hated man in Senate’

AUSTIN, Texas -- — In the first few months of his first term in the United States Senate, Ted Cruz has been, for all practical purposes, the human equivalent of one of those flower-squirters that clowns wear on their lapels. His initiatives can often seem like non-sequiturs — he has proposed defunding the United Nations over forced abortions in China. And his statements can seem almost self defeating, such as when he described decorated war veterans Chuck Hagel and John Kerry as “less than ardent fans of the U.S. military.”

He’s also been a headache for GOP leaders, expressing reluctance to back fellow Texas Republican John Cornyn for minority whip on the grounds that he had to make sure the candidate he supported would “stand and fight for conservative principles.” (National Journal ranked Cornyn as the second-most conservative member in the pre-Cruz Senate last year.) http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/02/3319734/ted-cruz-fast-becoming-m
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