Has the GOP lost Latino voters?

The title is an article from CNN.com posted on Feb. 15, 2008 and the like is: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/latinos.gop/ .

It talks about how Senator McCain may be losing votes because he is part of the Republican party even though the Latino people have trust in him. They just do not trust his party and the rhetoric they use. McCain is a moderate republican who wants to secure the border first before letting people become citizens. The Latino voters do not like that but their main worry is how the economy has fallen.

"Connie Morales is a U.S. citizen from Colombia who was raised in New York. Morales has always voted Republican, but not this time. She says the economy, not immigration, turned her away. In fact, she doesn't have much sympathy for illegal immigrants.'We don't that much because we had a hard time getting here. We have to get in lines. We have to get papers. We have to get visas,' she said. The message from Latino voters to McCain seems to be: We are like other Americans -- one size does not fit all."

The thing that a lot of the government is forgetting that just because Latinos are catergorized as such does not mean they do not belong to other groups. The book, Fluid Borders, talks about how different people have different goals and views. Like Montebello and East Los Angeles who have a majority of Latinos do not always see eye to eye. The upcoming election is very relevant to many Latinos as it is every year, so there is going to be sparked interest on the debate over immigration and jobs. The candidates need to realize that the Latino bloc is not truely one yet, and that they are just as complex as the majority of the United States.