Did immigration Cost Romney Florida? Sure looks like it.

On Florida’s airwaves all week, Romney delivered strong punitive deport-them-all rhetoric. He even highlighted the endorsement of anti-immigrant zealot Kris Kobach. And Floridians heard him loud and clear.

Exit polling showed that those Republican voters who wanted the undocumented deported en masse went overwhelmingly for Romney. This is not surprising since McCain is a godfather of the failed Senate comprehensive immigration grand bargain, which would have put 12 million undocumented immigrants on a long path to citizenship if they had no criminal record, paid a fine and met other high standards.



It seems to me that this election is shaping up to be clearly different. Race baiting, trying to highlight a candidates middle name to try to stoke a negative reaction and all the assorted dirty tricks and sleaze, is turning people off.

Good.