May 18, 2008
It is estimated that about 80% of Latinos voted for then City Councilman now Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when he first ran. I was in the 20% that didn't. Over the years I have treated the Mayor on my show as I have treated all elected officials or candidates regardless of...
Mario Solis-Marich | Posted April 7, 2008 | Politics
While the media is busy catering to the press releases on Gov. Bill Richardson's astonishment and surprise that the Clintons are angry with him (Breaking News: Top Politicians Share Angry Words Over Key Endorsement!!!!!) John McCain is sticking his red white and blue flag in the "Aztec Ruins" of New...
Chris Weigant | Posted March 19, 2008 | Politics
Barack Obama gave a speech on race yesterday. He pretty much had to, as the media pressure on him to do so was becoming overwhelming to his campaign. The media had already successfully pressured one candidate (Mitt Romney) to give a speech on his religion (since he is Mormon), and...
Blake Fleetwood | Posted March 3, 2008 | Politics
The Catholic voter, 64 million strong, is the elephant in the room.
Since 1972, Catholics have ended up supporting the popular vote winner -- Democratic or Republican -- in every presidential election.
Other demographic groups do not generally vote for the presidential winner. Blacks and Jews always support...
Geraldo Rivera | Posted February 29, 2008 | Politics
Who will the Hispanics, Latinos, Texicans, Tejanos, and Chicanos favor on March 4th? Can Hillary continue to dominate Barack among this suddenly crucial voting bloc? It was overwhelming backing from Hispanic voters that helped Senator Clinton carry California, Arizona, and Florida, among others. With the exception of Colorado and Illinois,...
NYCity News Service | Posted February 4, 2008 | Off The Bus
By Daniel Macht and Rosaleen Ortiz
A 14-car caravan of Obama supporters cruised the streets of the Bronx and Upper Manhattan Sunday while blasting horns and Spanish reggaeton music through Hillary friendly neighborhoods.
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Blake Fleetwood | Posted February 1, 2008 | Politics
After months and months of spewing out hate speech against Hispanics and undocumented workers, Lou Dobbs is having a fit.
On his recent CNN nightly news shows, Dobbs has been beside himself with the awful realization that out of the four remaining candidates, three are in favor of the unthinkable:...
Jennifer Donahue | Posted January 15, 2008 | Politics
Tonight's NBC candidates debate was like being in two places at once. First, a third of the debate was spent with three seasoned journalists chasing days old stories about Clinton and Obama campaign supporters comments about racial politics. As often seems to be the case, the two white male journalists...
Chris Weigant | Posted September 19, 2007 | Politics
For the past week or so, trying to figure out what Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is going to do next on the Iraq debate has been harder than predicting a hummingbird's flight plan. Today's story is that he has given up on extending a hand across the aisle...
From the AP: Democrat John Edwards endorsed former rival Barack Obama on Wednesday, a...
*** UPDATED BELOW *** President Bush has said repeatedly that he would not insert himself into the...
Utterly insane goings-on tonight on...
It's a pretty well known fact that most women - attractive women -...
Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two...
Tonight, Keith Olbermann unleashed what may well have been his...
The AP reports on Obama's swift and forceful response to Bush and McCain's criticism of...
The Tennessee GOP hasn't yet had their fill of Obama dirty tricks. A few months ago,...
***UPDATE*** Roughly five hours after making comments about...
The Democratic Party has finally decided who's going to break it to Hillary that it's time...
Sixteen tips for getting good sleep. There's a lot of advice out there about getting good...
Mario Solis-Marich | Posted May 6, 2008 | Media