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While Democrats scramble, in case their presumed presidential front-runner implodes, Republicans are apparently making new inroads in important voter blocs, further upsetting the Dem’s.

 

Buzzfeed.com’s News Reporter, Adrian Carrasquillo, writes about the LIBRE Initiative which “helps immigrants learn to drive in Nevada, does food banks in Texas and holds free health clinics in Florida.” That’s has Democrats in key states ringing alarm bells up to the national party about the organization.

 

Some of the things Dem's are worried about include the following: “Last August, Pastor Marcus Burgos brought a group to his church, which is located in a rough part of San Antonio. Together, Burgos and a handful of people from the group, called the LIBRE Initiative, distributed boxes of food to parishioners in need, the majority of whom were Hispanic.

 

“In Florida, the organization helps Latinos with tax-preparation services. In Nevada, the group is helping undocumented immigrants get their driver’s authorization cards. The LIBRE Initiative, in short, is helping Latinos with the things regular people need help with.”

 

Democrats are alarmed because, “LIBRE is a group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch. They’ve been providing services and building meaningful relationships with Hispanics since 2011 in states like Nevada, Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Arizona — and they’re doing this all while espousing conservative principles to a key demographic of voters in person, in print, and online.”

 

Which means that this time around, perhaps Republicans have finally learned that to win the White House again, they’re going to have to roll their sleeves up and attract traditional Democrat constituencies. And while that’s something Republicans, and especially conservatives, ordinarily don’t attempt, perhaps they’re not only finally waking up, but succeeding at it to boot.  

 

Another indicator about how the next presidential election might go can be found in an article from Daily Caller via Chris Stirewalt’s column on Fox News.com, as follows:

 

“According to numbers obtained from Nielsen Bookscan. [Dr. Ben]Carson’s ‘One Nation: What We Can All Do To Save America’s Future’ has sold a staggering 355,000 copies since its release in May 2014. It’s only real competition has been Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices,’ which has sold 264,000 copies since its release in June 2014…Mike Huckabee comes in third place in the ‘book sales primary’ with his ‘God, Guns, Grits and Gravy’ selling 53,000 copies since its recent release in January.”

 

So, it looks like despite all the hoopla, fanfare and promotion, Bill’s wife’s new book is trailing that of a relatively unknown in politics. And if that’s any indication of how she might do at the polls, perhaps she’d be better off deciding not to run at all. She could easily accomplish that by sending out word of her conceding in an email.   

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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