Mar 16, 2012
The conditions are converging for another presidential election that will sharply divide the country along racial lines, with troubling implications no matter which side prevails. From one direction, the Republican presidential primaries have witnessed an epic failure by the GOP contenders to attract and engage minority voters.
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We provided an analysis of the POLITICO article, How Mitt Romney Lost Latinos, in the post below. There's a lot in that article, including a mention that Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) is trying to be the voice of reason.
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We provided an analysis of the POLITICO article, How Mitt Romney Lost Latinos, in the post below. There's a lot in that article, including a mention that Texas Senator John Cornyn (R) is trying to be the voice of reason.
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In an article entitled, "How Mitt Romney Lost Latinos," POLITICO's Glenn Thrush details how the Republican presidential frontrunner may have sealed his fate with Latino voters by fully embracing the vision of anti-immigrant architect Kris Kobach. (In other news, Kobach is coming under increased fire back home for...
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Here's a memo to Rick Santorum: you're not winning the GOP primary. You don't have delegates you can afford to lose. And alienating people by dismissing their culture is no way to win votes.
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In an article entitled, "How Mitt Romney Lost Latinos," POLITICO's Glenn Thrush details how the Republican presidential frontrunner may have sealed his fate with Latino voters by fully embracing the vision of anti-immigrant architect Kris Kobach.
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Republicans had high hopes of eroding President Barack Obama's dominance among Hispanic voters in 2012 — so great was Latino frustration with Obama's tough deportation policy and his failure to fulfill the promesa of immigration reform.
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Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva has developed a reputation as a blunt, staunch liberal since being elected to represent his state's 7th District in 2003. His outspokenness garnered him national headlines in 2010, when he called for an economic boycott of Arizona following the passage of SB1070.
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With zero percent of precincts reporting, Rep. Spencer Bachus' biggest boosters have nothing to do. They arrive at city hall in this suburb of Birmingham, three minutes south of downtown and three minutes north of the state Republican Party headquarters.
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The Obama administration's newest guidelines for prosecutorial discretion are seven months old—yet cases which should be dismissed are still coming up every day. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Daniela Palaez, the Florida valedictorian in danger of imminent deportation. Today we're writing about Gabino Sanchez,...
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