Mar 21, 2012
Walter Russell Mead looks ahead to the general election and indulges in some Rubio-as-VP speculation: the selection of Marco Rubio as a vice presidential candidate could shake up the race, making the GOP more competitive in New Mexico and Colorado while perhaps swinging Florida into the GOP column.
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A story in today's Congressional Quarterly reports that Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) is planning to introduce a dramatically stripped down version of the DREAM Act. This is clearly an attempt by Rivera to provide political cover to Republicans who recognize the perils of the GOP's strident anti-immigrant positioning....
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Eva Longoria appeared on MSNBC this afternoon on Andrea Mitchell Reports to discuss her role as one of the national co-chairs for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. Longoria is one of seven Latinos who were appointed as co-chairs for Obama for America -- something Longoria points out was not...
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If the race for the Republican presidential nomination were only decided by islands, Mitt Romney would be unstoppable. After racking up wins in Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the former governor cruised to an easy win in Puerto Rico yesterday.
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Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney used his resounding win in Puerto Rico's Republican primary this weekend as evidence that he can actually compete for Latino voters this November. Unfortunately for Romney, his Puerto Rican primary win is of limited predictive value for potential general election performance among Latinos,...
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Florida is a—perhaps the—battleground in '12. Latinos are a—perhaps the—swing bloc there. And the I-4 corridor, with hundreds of thousands of newly-arrived Puerto Ricans (they aren't immigrants, because all of them can vote) might tell the tale in November.
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GOP strategist Mark McKinnon becomes the latest to sound the alarm: "Republicans have done a mystifying job of either ignoring or offending Hispanic voters," said Mark McKinnon, a strategist who worked for former President George W. Bush.
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Seeing this crop of Republican presidential candidates pander for Latino votes is like watching some teenage boys learn to dance. It is awkward and embarrassing with plenty of missteps. And the last thing in the world they want is for one of their friends to see them do it....
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Mitt Romney likes Arizona's law mandating that employers verify workers' immigration status so much that he'd push to make it national. Rick Santorum has suggested he'd be willing to split up families if some members are in the U.S. illegally. Both want tougher border security.
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Reporting from San Juan, Puerto Rico— When Mitt Romney heads to Puerto Rico on Friday on the hunt for delegates before Sunday's primary, his campaign hopes to telegraph his message not just to American voters of Puerto Rican descent but to the broader universe of Latinos, who will play...
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