Ummm, yeah.

JOSH BARRO, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: I think there are two stories here. One, that Republicans used to say a lot was, ‘Well, Hispanics are socially conservative. They have family values we share. And that will draw them to us in the end.’ Now, when you look at polling now, Hispanics are actually somewhat to the left of the overall electorate on abortion, on same-sex marriage, and other issues. There is no connect for the Republican party to draw there.

The other thing that happens is that over time in American history, groups that were once “other” become white. You saw the Irish a hundred years ago — a solid Democratic constituency — thought of as ethnically different from Americans of English and German extraction. That’s changed over time. That may yet happen with Hispanic voters, but the Republican party is sort of preventing that from happening because of the politics of immigration. It has been othering for Hispanics and reminding Hispanic voters that the Republican party sees them as this sort of outside group.

I think over time it’s possible in 50 years Hispanic Americans will look a lot more, quote, white than they do today and, therefore, there may be a barrier that’s broken for them with the Republican party, but the party is not getting close to that point.