Jun 21, 2012
During his eagerly anticipated speech today at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney underwhelmed and failed the leadership test, refusing to say anything substantial about immigration and once again not answering the question of what he would do about...
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At NALEO, Mitt Underwhelms & Fails the Leadership Test During his eagerly anticipated speech today at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney underwhelmed and failed the leadership test. The following is a reaction from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of...
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As we’ve mentioned, Mitt Romney is going speak at at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference in Florida today. The speech will be broadcast live on C-SPAN at 12:30 PM ET. The big question is whether Romney will even talk about immigration. He’s been ducking...
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will speak at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) conference tomorrow. Since Mitt Romney has refused to discuss immigration in front of Latino audiences or to respond directly to the news of the DREAMer protections announced last Friday, this event is highly anticipated....
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Jun 19, 2012
June 2012 Last Friday, President Obama announced that young undocumented immigrants in college will be able to apply for protection from deportation and work permits. Newly-released polls show that voters strongly feel the President did the right thing—and Latino voters are more enthusiastic about his re-election because he took...
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WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, still hasn’t offered any immigration proposals that might make him more sympathetic to many Latino voters-especially after taking positions in the primaries promoting “self-deportation” and promising to veto the DREAM Act. But some on the Republican side are looking...
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ORLANDO, Florida – If the Obama campaign counts Florida among the states that could swing either way come November 6th, a visit to the central region of the state shows why. The Hispanic voters I interviewed here expressed a lack of enthusiasm with the political process; some are already...
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More and more prominent conservatives are speaking out against the GOP’s current hardline anti-immigrant platform, while noting the link between that platform and the party’s dangerously low levels of support among Latino voters. While the volume of friendly advice is increasing, Mitt Romney and Congressional Republican leaders have yet...
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Or Continue to Alienate the Fastest-Growing Group of New Voters? Prominent conservative voices are speaking out against the Republican Party’s hardline immigration stance, while noting the inextricable link between the GOP’s current immigration positioning and the Party’s dangerously low levels of support from Latino voters. While the volume of...
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At Netroots Nation last weekend, America’s Voice Education Fund and Latino Decisions launched our new interactive Latino Vote website, designed to let voters play with a variety of factors that could make or break the election in November. Yesterday, Latino Decision’s Matt Barreto was on MSNBC’s Jansing & Co...
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