Actually having the opportunity to meet with them informally, they are indeed brilliant. Despite their numerical and funding advantage, we can still work to blunt their advantage. I think that the Pakistani problem unlike the Indian boils down to one issue: Unity. We need to focus on a combined multi-pronged strategy to work both on state and national levels.
The Pakistani brand is nowhere near its Indian counterpart, but are partially at fault for not bringing up how many Pakistani soldiers have been lost fighting essentially America's war, critical support in the region etc. I used to be much more active in the lobbying circles, but honestly lost my drive for that sort of effort after 9/11.
Actually you might be surprised to know that the Muslim population may be near eclipsing the Jews. But what is relevant is their coordinated strategy towards US-Israeli relations. I am not going to say that there is conspiracy but there is a certain effectiveness to their lobbying that could replicated by Pakistani-Americans.
You mean met the Pakistani legislators?
I suppose they would have to be brilliant to be able to win in US politics.
Yep, Unity is right.
But under the current circumstances, it seems Pakistan being a Muslim country would have a hard time selling itself.
I dont know about the Muslims eclipsing Jews, although I hope your right.
A recent time magazine article said that the number of muslim in america is highly speculative, with conservative esimates at no more the 2 million, and 6 million if your going to be liberal. And that 6 million comes from Muslim organizations...
So I hope your right, but I think more important then all else is for Muslims to vote as a single bloc. But thats seems unlikely as most Muslims communities have their own issues and needs.
Again, Unity is the issue.