The McCain Doctrine for Mexico? From: townhall.com
Tagged: Felipe Calderón, hispanic voters, John McCain, latin america, Merida Initiative, MexicoPosted on: June 9th, 2008
The Arizona Daily Star aptly observed that the Democrats should fear that McCain will, “probably try to cut into the Democrats’ growing lead among Hispanics by saying that their proposal to reduce the Merida Initiative by up to $190 million amounts to ‘abandoning’ Mexico at a time when President Felipe Calderón’s government is facing attack from the drug cartels.”
This indeed is an opening for McCain, especially considering that both U.S. Presidential contenders have already delivered their obligatory Latin America policy speeches—both devoid of any focus on Mexico. Yet, turning the U.S. voters’ attention to Mexican issues might reopen a raging immigration debate. Will McCain play it safe and ‘leave this sleeping dog’ alone? Or, will McCain seize the opportunity to win recognition from Hispanic voters by boldly extending the “McCain Doctrine” to include a ‘surge’ of military assistance for Mexico. “*
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Filed Under: Election 2008, Politics
