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You can do as many "what if's" as you want, but eventually you'll have to come back to reality.

The election is indeed over--and one of the main building blocks of Obama's winning coalition is the Hispanic vote. Not only was it crucial in the 3 states I predicted, but it will not stop now. And we are talking about only Hispanic voters--all citizens.

As I said, the Republicans, stupidly ruled by restrictionists like Mr Tancredo and Mr. Dobbs, have now paid the price at the polls 2 elections in a row.   And it will only get worse from here on --as long as they are perceived as blocking a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.   The Hispanic voters themselves are of course totally legal--but a huge number know illegal immigrants--often part of their extended family--and they will reject any party which tries to prevent a path to citizenship for them.

The irony, of course is that these same Hispanic voters are often quite conservative on other issues--like abortion, patriotism etc--a fact which GWB used in 2004--before the push to close the border--and made the difference in that very close election.