Curious if Sharron Angle's race-baiting campaign, which has upped the ante on demonizing Latinos and immigrants (see images at right) and has become the focus of major Latino voter mobilization efforts are contributing to the new "Democratic early voter surge" being reported in Nevada.
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The 2010 mid-term campaign season is shaping up to be the most vicious, vitriolic election cycle in recent memory. Here's a dozen of the most outrageous candidate claims thus far, plus a couple honorable mentions. Consider this the Immigration Politics 2010 Wall of Shame.
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Oct 28, 2010
Good stuff from my friends at Cuéntame. Sometimes you've just got to laugh to keep from crying.
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Por Maribel Hastings – MIAMI/ORLANDO – ¿Se traducirá el descontento del electorado en más o menos votos latinos el 2 de noviembre? ¿Qué partido resultará beneficiado? ¿Darán los votantes latinos alguna sorpresa en Florida? En Miami, varios entrevistados aseguraron que votarán. La economía, el desempleo, la crisis hipotecaria, asuntos...
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LAS VEGAS – Nevada es escenario de una de las contiendas al Senado federal más observadas, reñidas e inusuales. En estos días alcanzó uno de sus momentos más absurdos cuando una organización con sede en Washington, D.C. y con vínculos republicanos se atrevió a decirle a los latinos...
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"Angle and her campaign's ad team will go down in history for running a dirty campaign that seeks to demonize hard-working Latino immigrants as criminals and thugs," said Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, in a statement to The Huffington Post. "With Politifact labeling her claims as false,...
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The purpose of our series "March to the Polls 2010" is to capture the attitude of Hispanic voters in key states. Two years ago, they voted at record levels, but in the last two years they have been battered along with the rest of the country by an economy...
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Oct 27, 2010
Maribel Hasting's "March to the Polls 2010" series captures the attitude of Hispanic voters in key states. Two years ago, they voted at record levels, and neither Republicans or Democrats should ignore that the Latino vote, without a doubt, could be essential in continuing their own political careers, or...
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Watch Gabe Gonzalez from the Campaign for Community Change call out Sharron Angle on her most recent racist ads in her bid for Nevada's Senate seat. Last night, Gonzalez joined Keith Olbermann to discuss the blatantly anti-Latino ads Sharron Angle's camp released this week.
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One way or another — and possibly at multiple levels of government — immigration reform will be debated next year. President Barack Obama has promised to push for it in Congress, and state lawmakers might get to it first.
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