re: The Hispanic electorate is an enigma for conservative politicians.

I don't know how anyone expects Hispanics to vote Republican when the entire race has been demonized and harassed by the GOP. The anti-illegal immigrant stance is way over the top and makes these people look like scarface-type criminals (even though they are less likely to commit a crime than natives). The arizona laws dont help. etc.

The GOP does nothing to help themselves. Even if all were super conservative, they would vote democrat still. Hell, even the cubans who have been as solid GOP as you can get, are starting to go democrat.