GOP Outnumbered At Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce Convention

[Joanne98]

It's not a good sign for the GOP when even an avowedly pro-business gathering is stocked with far more Democrats than Republicans.

On Thursday morning, the Web site Right Wing News noticed an embarrassing omission on the speakers' list for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's 19th Annual Legislative Conference: not a single Republican Senator had signed up and only two GOP House members -- both Cuban-Americans from South Florida -- were listed.

Meanwhile, the page went on and on with high-profile Democratic congressmen who were planning to attend. Blogger John Hawkins called the Chamber, and spokesman Dale Crowell confirmed that there had been no additional confirmations, though many more had been invited.

Hawkins highlighted the GOP absence, and his post was picked up on by other blogs, conservative and liberal, as a glaring example of an out-of-step party. "It's not like they're being asked to go visit the NAACP or speak to an immigrants' rights march," wrote liberal blogger Jonathan Stein of Mother Jones. "This is the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, an organization filled with business leaders who presumably have wealth, oppose regulations, and want to see lower corporate taxes."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/06/gop-outnumbered-at-hispan_n_172608.html

LOL They forgot all about them!