Dems bash Romney for immigration inconsistences, laud Gingrich
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Miami Herald, January 26, 2012
The Democratic National Committee has handicapped Tuesday's presidential primary in Florida and come to the conclusion that Mitt Romney is the likely winner or the bigger threat.
On a conference call with reporters Thursday, Democratic political consultant Freddy Balsera of Miami and state Rep. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, spent 20 minutes blasting Romney for his shifting position on the DREAM act, his "anti-immigrant" rhetoric, and his "ridiculous" suggestion that the solution to illegal immigration is that people will "self deport." Never once did they mention his Republican rivals, particularly former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is running in a virtual dead heat with the former Massachusetts governor in recent polls.
"I wish Mitt Romney the best in trying to win over Hispanics as he has been anti-Hispanic out of the state and then comes in here and says he believes in us,'' Soto said. "He has been a flip-flopper since the beginning and he is going to say anything he can, and everything he can."
When asked about Gingrich's policies, Soto said they have not been as "radical" or as inconsistent. "So he hasn't opened himself up to being attacked as much." READ...
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