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Quote by: brien  I don't miss the point at all. People born here are United States citizens. They aren't Mexicans. We can't have a Mexican President because the Constitution will not allow it. People born in the US aren't Mexicans, the are Americans, or as you call them United Statians.:) |
Nunez didn't mean that a Mexican citizen would become president. He meant Mexican-American. I think he's wrong in the near-term, but he's right about the influence of Mexican-Americans on our nation's politics in the more distant future. The demographics in America's western and southern states are shifting dramatically toward a more Hispanic population. Politicians in those regions will face more pressure to satify Hispanic interests. We see this already in Arizona where the Democratic governor and both Republican senators (McCain and Kyl) support more lenient immigration reform. Los Angeles recently elected its first Hispanic mayor in almost 200 years and it's only matter of time before that state elects an Hispanic governor. The popular Democratic governor of New Mexico and current presidential candidate, Bill Richardson, is half Mexican. He would make a strong vice-presidential nominee. Unlike George Bush, Richardson actually speaks fluent Spanish.
Over time we'll see a geographic split between Hispanic friendly western and southern states and more anti-Hispanic mid Western and eastern states. In that contest the more populous (and growing) west and south will win. Then Nunez's vision of a rising Mexican-American political star will come true. It's only a matter of time.