Obama pulling ahead in Arizona. Does this mean the GOP

Not to make too much of it now, as you can see from below, but Obama COULD win Arizona now and what about the future? Over half of our Hispanics are strongly conservative. Will GOP leaders finally bite the bitter bullet and start embracing "those" and their growing demographic if they want to keep winning elections in future? And how much of its base will that cost them? (In any case, I predict a new admiration for Mexican tile backslashes...some day. :)

For now, we've already seen a moratorium on demographic insults. When's the last time a national GOP candidate promised to build that wall just as high as it takes or step up "self deportations"?

For now, as the linked article says: "But I would not be too worried about the topline numbers if I were Mr. Romney’s campaign — or too enthralled with them if I were Mr. Obama’s. The survey contacted relatively few respondents — about 500 voters — and even a good polling firm can and will produce an outlying result or two with a sample size like that.

It is plausible that Mr. Obama could win Arizona if he is running strongly nationwide — but it is much less likely that he will do so in the current national environment, where the race is almost tied."

For more:  http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/