Circling the Sleeping Giant: The Campaigns and the Latino Vote
Both candidates have to overcome hesitancy among Latinos, Obama because of his race and the bitter primary battle; McCain because of his backtracking on immigration reform.
Both candidates have to overcome hesitancy among Latinos, Obama because of his race and the bitter primary battle; McCain because of his backtracking on immigration reform.
Susan Grant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home
Inside at the National Council of La Raza Annual Conference, John McCain deflects criticism that he's backpedaled on comprehensive immigration reform. Outside, pro- and anti-immigration activists duke it out in the streets.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
McCain and Obama's failure to denounce the atrocities committed by the governments of Colombia and Mexico may signal that neither will be the "change" candidate when it comes to U.S. policy in Latin America.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
The most strategic and important opportunity to turn the page on the immigration debate via the elections does not orbit around the twin axes of legalization and border security.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
Lopez would be the latest -- and most famous -- among the throng of Latino celebrities that have already come out in support of the Illinois Senator.
Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics
The voter surge has also been enabled by a Latino wave that has been largely attributable to both Clinton's focus on this community and a backlash against Republican immigrant- bashing.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics
While the mainstreaming of "Si Se Puede" provides us with another signal of how the larger body politic is successfully adjusting to the death of the black-white electorate, this mainstreaming comes at a high cost.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Hispanic community leader Adelfa Callejo, 84, said yesterday that Barack Obama would have trouble gaining Latino support because Black politicians hav...
Richard Montoya | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment
The heart of Cesar Chavez would surely be with Barack. Viva La Mujer! Viva Obama!
Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
For her part, Clinton was the better of the two in terms of the grace and intelligence with which she danced the Border Wall Flip-Flop; She used a recent border visit to launch into her epiphany.
Paul Loeb | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
As Obama began winning, voters who'd been paying only peripheral attention have started taking him seriously, while their reservations about Clinton have only grown.
Jeff Chang | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
The reason Hillary won is because the Latino and Asian American votes remain emergent, not yet insurgent. Emergent voting blocs respond to leaders in their community.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Latinos delivered a loud and historic message to the candidates and pundits and to the country as a whole: the black-white electorate of yesteryear is dead.
Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics
Whether or not the Obama campaign is successful in dropping the Clinton tally among Latinos, Super Tuesday will provide more than a few of the object lessons.
Claudia Cruz | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home
Not every New Yorker supports their hometown politician. Mr. Luis Cordova, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, would like to see Barack Obama win the presidency.
Andrew Gumbel | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home
Already Obama has subverted expectations by being a contender in California at all.
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home
At Thursday's town hall meeting in Los Angeles, Mitchell Schwartz, the head of Obama's California Campaign, was jubilant. "The latest Rasmussen Poll ...
Matt Townsend | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home
"Obama inspires me. He's black. I'm Hispanic. I'm a minority. Now I think I have a chance too," said Mejia, who took vacation days Thursday and Friday to volunteer for Clinton. "But do I believe he has experience or backbone? No."
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home
Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are engaged in a fierce battle to capture the crucial emerging Latino vote during next week's s...
Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
The coverage of and interest in the Latino electorate may well be remembered as one of the most important new developments of this year in media and politics.
Alison Owings | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
All in all, is Barack Obama any less of a feminist than Hillary Clinton?
HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...
Al Giordano | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics
Obama simply cannot pay for advertising like Ted Kennedy on The El Piolín radio show, nor underestimate its impact on the vote next Tuesday.
Claudia Cruz | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home
Vacations to Southern Florida usually involve visits to the beach, bike or boat rides through alligator territory, or day cruises to the Bahamas. Sel...
Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
Coverage of the Nevada caucus illustrates how ill-equipped the news organizations, the political parties and society as a whole are to understand and deal with the the death of the black-white electorate.
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Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home