LatinaLista — When Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus first announced that his party would be devoting $10 million to outreach to minority, women and young voters as a result of the findings from their internal analysis GOP Growth & Opportunity Project, my knee-jerk reaction was that they were better off saving their money. As [...]
Por fin, Latinos have finally put the Sleeping Giant to bed
LatinaLista — It’s finally time to put the Sleeping Giant myth to bed. Though not all eligible Latino voters turned out to vote — 11.2 million, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis — it was still enough to give President Obama the winning edge and marked, for the first time, a legitimate claim to being [...]
Control of the presidency, Congress will impact Latino community
By Frank X. Moraga Amigos805 DREAM Act, comprehensive immigration reform, education and jobs among top issues Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. A day to look forward to. Silenced will be the annoying “I approve this message” campaign advertisements on television, the latest poll results, the robo-calling from candidates and a variety of other methods politicians use [...]
The GOP’s own contradiction is what alienates Latinos from thinking its their party
LatinaLista — Politico posted a piece entitled Biden: We’re ‘breaking our neck’ on immigration reform. The piece isn’t all that interesting. It really just quotes Biden as reiterating why Latinos should vote for the Obama-Biden ticket — that an Obama-Biden win would send a clear message to the GOP that Democrats have Latino support and [...]
The bravery of one New Mexico mayor highlights ongoing voter suppression against Latinos
LatinaLista — Charles Starkovich made national headlines this week when he just couldn’t take the rampant discrimination against Latinos in his small town of Raton, New Mexico. It’s not that anyone was blatantly mistreating Latinos in public in this town of less than 7,000 but they were doing something equally egregious, according to Starkovich — [...]
Romney’s behavior at Univision event underscores belief he’s already lost the Latino vote
LatinaLista — Try as he might — or not, Mitt Romney’s appeal among Latino voters is waning even more these days. This really shouldn’t be the situation. He has had every opportunity to make his case “elegantly” but time and time again his behavior supercedes his message. After news leaked of his “in-elegant” 47 percent [...]
