Maricopa County, Arizona residents are used to seeing tent cities, chain gangs of prisoners, and pink underwear. This fall, as Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces a much closer reelection for Sheriff than usual against Paul Penzone, residents are also seeing impassioned protests in unusual forms, involving chickens and monarchs. Yesterday,...
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President Ronald Reagan famously said, “Latinos are Republicans — they just don’t know it yet.” With respect to the Gipper, we’d like to tweak his adage a bit: “Some Latinos lean Republican — they just won’t vote for Republicans until the GOP moves away from its hardline immigration stance.”...
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UPDATED: Univision just published a fact-check on this ad. Here’s an excerpt: “And to achieve permanent solutions for undocumented youth.” During the primaries, Romney said he would veto the current version of the DREAM Act, which would have given undocumented youth a special path to citizenship for those that...
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George W. Bush = 54% Latino Protestant Support in ’04: Mitt Romney = 33% Latino Protestant Support in New Pew Polling President Ronald Reagan famously said, “Latinos are Republicans — they just don’t know it yet.” With respect to the Gipper, we’d like to make a slight edit to...
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Congratulations to Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) for receiving La Opinion’s endorsement in his upcoming Democrat-on-Democrat race against Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA). Reps. Berman and Sherman have been thrown together in California’s newly redistricted CD 30, and the race for the Congressional seat that only one of them can win...
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The exchange on immigration during the second presidential debate has misled some observers into believing that Mitt Romney has softened his position on immigration. Unfortunately, that is not the case. His strategy the other night–as it has been the entire general election season when it comes to immigration–was to wrap his...
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With Immigration Sound Bites that Sound Softer to the Unitiated, Romney Tries to Put Rhetorical Lipstick on the Substantive Pig The immigration discussion at the second presidential debate has led some observers to conclude that Mitt Romney has softened his position on immigration. Unfortunately, that is not the case. His...
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