Why do polls show that Latinos are drifting to the GOP? Like a lot of things that Washington doesn’t understand, it’s actually pretty simple.

When it comes to their expectations of government, Hispanic voters are like the rest of America: We want elected officials to stop throwing up barriers to achieving the American Dream. We’re not looking for handouts or too-good-to-be-true promises. We know that if we have an equal opportunity, we are capable of supporting our families, accessing health care and making sure our kids receive a quality education.

For years, progressives promised that if we just give them more political power, the government will make all these things much easier. Put them in charge in Washington, the promise goes, and they’ll approve economic “stimulus” bills, reorganize health care, fix our schools and pass immigration reform. And we responded — we voted — and liberal politicians came into power..............