There is a war between the GOP and the Democrats for the hearts and minds of Latino voters. One of the key battles of that war is the issue of undocumented immigration and that battle’s front lines are in Arizona.

I propose to take a closer look at an exchange of fire in that battle that has caught a considerable amount of press attention: the speeches at Tucson High of Dolores Huerta and Margaret Garcia-Dugan.

All that most people know about this controversy is that Huerta was invited to speak to students and said, “Republicans hate Latinos.” Following a firestorm of protest from Arizona Republicans, SPI Tom Horne arranged for his Deputy Superintendent, Ms. Garcia-Dugan, to present a rebuttal at Tucson High. From all the hoopla, you’d think this was practically the Lincoln-Douglas debate. But this was not fight between two evenly matched opponents, it was a rout from the very first shot.