Opening GOPs door - PARTY SHOULD HEED MARTINEZ’S MESSAGE OF INCLUSION

“The incoming chairman of the Republican Party delivered an urgent message to the GOP leadership last week: Dont shut anyone out. This is a message the party needs to heed unless it wants to go the way of the Whigs, the Prohibitionists and the Know-Nothings.

In President Bush, the GOP boasts a leader who advocates moderate immigration policies. But thanks to the likes of Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, the Republican Party has become identified with a rising tide of xenophobia that could ultimately spell doom for its future.”

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