May 31, 2012
Tonight, Meg Whitman, who lost the 2010 California gubernatorial race, is hosting a major fundraiser for presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, according to the San Francisco Chronicle: The former Massachusetts governor’s fundraiser is co-chaired by billionaire Meg Whitman, his former employee at Bain Capital and the 2010 Republican candidate for...
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Mitt Romney has apparently decided that he can’t compete for the Latino vote, so he’s going to focus his energies on depressing it. This strategy is already in force in states like Nevada and Colorado, the latter being where PBS News Hour interviewed a Latina voter who summed up the situation: “Obama promised...
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There’s a growing consensus that Mitt Romney can’t compete for Latino votes. Instead, the expectation is that GOP-affiliated Super PACS will run ads aimed at depressing the Latino vote. In fact, it’s already happening in one of the battleground states: Nevada. In another battleground, Colorado, PBS News Hour interviewed a...
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Cross-Posted at The Huffington Post: Having alienated Latino voters in the primary with hard right immigration positions and dehumanizing anti-immigrant rhetoric, what will GOP nominee Mitt Romney and his surrogates do in the general election to attract the 40% of Latino votes experts say he needs to win the...
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May 29, 2012
Mitt Romney is in deep trouble with the Latino vote this election cycle, which is bad news considering how important the Hispanic voting bloc is slated to be this November and beyond. As Republican pollster Glen Bolger told National Journal, “Look, we have got to do better with...
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