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Circling the Sleeping Giant: The Campaigns and the Latino Vote

Feet In Two Worlds | Posted 07.16.2008 | Home

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Feet In Two Worlds

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.

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McCain Talks Immigration Amid Protest

Susan Grant | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home

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Susan Grant

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.

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McCain and Obama Ignore Abuses in Colombia and Mexico

Roberto Lovato | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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Obama and McCain on Immigration: Life vs. Death

Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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J-Lo Backing Obama?

Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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A Call for Democratic Unity to Latino Voters

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Mario Solis-Marich

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.

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Basta Ya: Boycott "Si Se Puede" in Elections

Roberto Lovato | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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Obama's Problem, He Happens to Be Black

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

Hispanic community leader Adelfa Callejo, 84, said yesterday that Barack Obama would have trouble gaining Latino support because Black politicians hav...

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Watch Latina Women Raise their Voice for Obama

Richard Montoya | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

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Richard Montoya

The heart of Cesar Chavez would surely be with Barack. Viva La Mujer! Viva Obama!

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Obama, Clinton Dump Border Wall in Debate

Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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Behind Obama's Wave of Victories: The More They Know Him.....

Paul Loeb | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

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Paul Loeb

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.

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Why Latinos and Asian Americans Went for Hillary

Jeff Chang | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Chang

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.

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Clinton's Latino Advantage Decreases, Obama Surges as Latinos Vote Beyond Black and White

Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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Super Duper Surg(e)imiento: How Obama Is (Finally) Cutting Into Clinton's Latino Advantage

Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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Worried about Economy, NY Latino Barber for Obama

Claudia Cruz | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home

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Claudia Cruz

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.

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Obama Rewriting Rules of Conventional Campaigning

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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Andrew Gumbel

Already Obama has subverted expectations by being a contender in California at all.

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Obama Hot On Hillary's Heels In California

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 02.02.2008 | Home

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Mayhill Fowler

At Thursday's town hall meeting in Los Angeles, Mitchell Schwartz, the head of Obama's California Campaign, was jubilant. "The latest Rasmussen Poll ...

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Latina Clinton Supporter Campaigns In Bronx

Matt Townsend | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

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Matt Townsend

"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."

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Marc Cooper

Watch Obama's and Clinton's Top Latino Supporters Talk Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

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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...

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Beyond the Mama's Chi-chi Theory: Latino Vote Lust Previews Growing National Sophistication

Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

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.

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My Hillary Problem: Redux

Alison Owings | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Alison Owings

All in all, is Barack Obama any less of a feminist than Hillary Clinton?

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Marc Cooper

Obama Woos Latino Vote Ahead Of Hollywood Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Marc Cooper | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Los Angeles, California -- Just hours before a dramatic one-on-one televised debate with rival Hillary Clinton, Sen. Barack Obama led his campaign in...

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Ted Kennedy Pushes Immigration Reform and Obama on the El Piolín Radio Show

Al Giordano | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

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Al Giordano

Obama simply cannot pay for advertising like Ted Kennedy on The El Piolín radio show, nor underestimate its impact on the vote next Tuesday.

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Miami's Hispanic Community Divided Over Coming Election

Claudia Cruz | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

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Claudia Cruz

Vacations to Southern Florida usually involve visits to the beach, bike or boat rides through alligator territory, or day cruises to the Bahamas. Sel...

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Everyone's an Expert on the Latino Vote, Except Latinos

Roberto Lovato | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Of African AméRica, Immigration, Clinton, History, Media, Latino Politics, Elections, Obama, Hope, Latino Vote, Race, BORDER ISSUES, Black-Latino Relations, Esperanza, Uber-Hypocrisy, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

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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