MEDIA ADVISORY
National GOP Group Calls on Rick Perry to Quit Race for President
For Immediate Release 1 December 2011
(See Page Two for Spanish Version)
Marshall, Minnesota – Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has received the endorsement of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Arpaio is already campaigning for Rick Perry.
Before this endorsement, Perry’s campaign was already flailing with support levels in single digits. The latest Gallup poll shows Perry in fifth place with just eight percent of likely Republican voters supporting Perry. We believe the Arpaio endorsement is a colossal blunder from which Rick Perry will never recover, and we call on Rick Perry to leave the presidential race.
Joe Arpaio is widely detested among Hispanics, and news stories about racial profiling, prisoner abuse, etc. are staples in the Hispanic media. For example, a pregnant immigrant was forced to give birth in shackles, and Arpaio is notorious for racial profiling and for his neighborhood sweeps of Hispanic neighborhoods. Most experts believe that the successful GOP nominee will need Hispanic support in the 40% range, as received by George Bush in 2004. Hispanics are now 16% of the U.S. population.
Obama has already stated: “We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won’t even comment on them, we’ll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds.” With Rick Perry and Joe Arpaio planning to campaign together, Arpaio’s negative image among Hispanics will become Rick Perry’s negative image as well.
Obama received 67% of the Hispanic vote in the 2008 election. Despite Obama’s record as the “deporter-in-chief” who has utterly failed to honor his campaign promises on immigration reform, we foresee support for Obama at 2008 levels or better if the eventual GOP nominee is perceived as hostile towards immigrants. If Rick Perry were somehow able to revive his campaign and win the nomination, in the general election Obama need only tie Perry to Arpaio to insure continued Hispanic support.
Arpaio’s support in the GOP primaries may not even help Perry. Despite the perception that Republicans strongly support enforcement only solutions espoused by Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in reality Republicans are deeply divided over immigration strategy with a slight majority supporting reform. According to a recent PEW Research poll, a majority of Republicans “favor providing a way for illegal immigrants in the U.S. to gain citizenship, if they pass background checks, pay fines and have jobs.” Among three predominately GOP ideological groupings, “staunch conservatives” split 49%/49% on immigration reform, while “main street republicans” favor reform 58%/39%, and “Libertarians” favor reform 66%/32%.
A recent Univisión sponsored poll found that not only are Latinos alienated by anti-immigrant rhetoric, so are Americans in general. By hitching his star to Joe Arpaio, Rick Perry has effectively torpedoed his campaign, and we respectfully ask Rick Perry to exit the race as he cannot win against Obama. We believe it is critical that the GOP nominee be a credible candidate, not only among Republicans but the general electorate, in order to defeat Obama in the general election.
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Grupo Nacional Republicano Pide Que Rick Perry para su carrera del la presidencia
Para publicación inmediata 1 Deciembre 2011
Marshall, Minnesota – El candidato presidencial republicano, Rick Perry, ha recibió el apoyo del alguacil del condado Maricopa, Joe Arpaio. Arpaio ahora va a campaña en nombre de Perry.
Antes de esta aprobación, la campaña de Perry ya estaba con niveles de soporte de un solo dígito. La última encuesta de Gallup muestra que Perry esta en el quinto lugar con sólo 8% de los probables votantes republicanos apoyando a Perry. Creemos que la aprobación de Arpaio es un error grande de la que Rick Perry nunca se recuperará, y hacemos un llamamiento a Rick Perry para abandonar la carrera presidencial.
Joe Arpaio es ampliamente detestado entre los hispanos, y noticias sobre la discriminación racial, el abuso de prisioneros, y mas, son un elemento básico en la Medios de comunicación hispanos. Por ejemplo, una inmigrante embarazada tuvo un bebito y tenia esposas en sus pies y manos, y Arpaio es infamoso por perfil de razas y por su batidas en las vecindades de los barrios hispanos. La mayoría de los expertos creen que el candidato del Republicano necesitará un apoyo hispano de 40%, tal como se recibió George Bush en 2004. Los hispanos ahora son 16% de la población de los EE.UU.
Obama ya ha declarado: “Sólo se puede ejecutar clips de los debates republicanos [...] sobre ellos, la gente puede hacer sus propias decisiones.” (nota de traducción: no hay traducción exacto por los palabras de Obama)
Con Rick Perry y Joe Arpaio en campaña juntos, la imagen negativa de Arpaio entre los hispanos se convertirán en imagen negativa para Rick Perry también.
Obama recibió 67% del voto hispano en las elecciones de 2008. Obama absolutamente no cumplió con sus promesas de campaña sobre la reforma migratoria. Pero, si Rick Perry era de algún modo capaz de revivir su campaña y ganar la nominación, en las elecciones generales Obama sólo necesita conectar Perry a Arpaio para asegurar el apoyo continuado hispana.
Apoyo de Arpaio en las primarias Republicanos no pueden ayudar a Perry. A pesar de la percepción de que los republicanos apoyan soluciones de aplicación sólo defendida por el alguacil Joe Arpaio, en realidad, los republicanos están profundamente divididos sobre la estrategia de inmigración con una ligera mayoría de apoyo a la reforma. Según un reciente encuesta de Pew Research, la mayoría de los republicanos “favorese a una camino para que los inmigrantes ilegales en los EEUU obtener la ciudadanía, si pasan verificaciones. “Entre los tres principalmente grupos republicanos ideológicos “, los conservadores son 49% / 49% sobre la reforma migratoria, mientras que los principales republicanos favor la reforma a 58% / 39%, y libertarios dan la reforma al favor del 66% / 32%.
Una reciente encuesta de Univisión encontró que no sólo son latinos alienados por la retórica anti inmigrante, pero tambien los estadounidenses en general. Por enganchar a su estrella, Joe Arpaio, Rick Perry, esta tirando su campaña, y solicitamos a Rick Perry que salga de la carrera, ya que no puede ganar en contra Obama. Creemos que es fundamental que el candidato Republicano ser un candidato creíble, no sólo entre los republicanos, pero el electorado general, y finalmente a ganar contra Obama en las elecciones generales.

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