Against a Background of Hard Line Positioning, Welcome Move Fails to Reassure Washington, DC- After months of ducking questions about what he would do with President Obama’s deferred action policy, Mitt Romney finally said something that was responsive yesterday in an interview with the Denver Post.  Said Romney, “The... Continue »
Remember that crazy anti-immigrant law out of Alabama – HB 56? The one that was so bad that we referred to it as the monster of all immigration laws, which also resulted in a mass-exodus of Alabama’s Hispanic population? Here’s a reminder from an article in Bloomberg today: The... Continue »
Cross-Posted at Jack and Jill Politics: Does Mitt Romney even hear himself when he talks? By now we all know about the new video Mother Jones released of Mitt Romney writing  off 47% of Americans by calling us “dependents” who would vote for Obama no matter what.  The punditocracy... Continue »
We’ve posted a longer video of Mitt Romney’s answers to immigration questions at yesterday’s Univision forum below. But, first, we were struck by this clip where Romney refers to DREAMers as “illegal aliens” – parroting the language of the anti-immigrant fringe: Heres’s the full answer on immigration. Romney never... Continue »
What’s Bad Politics in 2012 Will Only Be Worse Politics in 2016 Washington, DC – Tomorrow, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) travels to Sioux City, Iowa to speak at a fundraiser for Rep. Steve King (R).  The following is a statement from Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s... Continue »
Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice WASHINGTON –  El presidente Barack Obama y el aspirante presidencial republicano, Mitt Romney, hablarán esta semana, por separado, con la cadena Univisión en otra oportunidad para comunicarse directamente con los votantes latinos indecisos que sintonicen las entrevistas. ¿Qué dirán para convencer a los... Continue »
President Obama, next week, you and Mitt Romney will sit down for interviews with Univision’s Jorge Ramos. No doubt, immigration will be a topic during both discussions. We’d like to encourage you to have a better answer than the one you gave to Agencia EFE yesterday, as reported by FOX News Latino:... Continue »
While we don’t always agree with Ruben Navarrette’s writing, we usually think he makes provocative points in a way that calls out both parties fairly.  However, there are a few claims in his most recent column that are so wildly out of context (and so egregiously misrepresent history) that we... Continue »
Por Maribel Hastings, asesora ejecutiva de America’s Voice CHARLOTTE, Carolina del Norte  –   En una elección cerrada como la que se perfila este año el voto latino será decisivo no sólo en estados tradicionalmente hispanos sino en otros donde apenas miles de votos pueden determinar si hay cambio... Continue »