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John McCain and The White Man's Burden

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

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Jesse Jackson may be mad at Obama for "talking down to black folks" -- but at least Obama never referred to blacks as "them" or demeaningly reminded his audience that blacks are "God's children too."

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Errors in Espanol

FactCheck.org | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Factcheck.org, Latino Voters, Politics News

A Spanish-language McCain radio ad gets nearly all its facts wrong. We contacted the McCain campaign repeatedly about the figures used in the ad but received no answer.

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McCain Avoids Immigration In Speech To Latino Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, John McCain, Latino Voters, Immigration, Teachers, Barack Obama, Lulac, Politics News

John McCain's speechwriters must have done some homework on reaching out to Latino voters. In his speech before the League of United Latin American Ci...

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Did Obama Really Torpedo Immigration Reform?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Senate Immigration Bill, Democrats, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News

The immigration reform bill killing amendments, and Obama's vote on them, give McCain the hook he needs to lambaste Obama as an immigration reform spoiler.

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Primer Impacto: How Spanish-Language Ads Could Decide The Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Latino Voters, Advertising, Immigration, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News

In a year of political milestones, prepare to add one more to the heap. Come this fall, Spanish-speaking Americans -- a community not always paid the ...

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Obama, McCain To Address Latino Officials Saturday

Huffington Post | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama and John McCain will both address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) on Saturday. From the NALEO ...

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New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Ya Es Hora, Registration, Ciudadania, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Grace Lopez Ramirez, Barack Obama, Latino Voters, Southwest, Latina Initiative, Anna Sampaio, Mi Familia Vota, University of Colorado, John McCain, Home News

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

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Fear of a Black President

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Politics News, Oprah Winfrey, Latino Voters, Race, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News

A black president means anything is possible. It means that that last little parcel of earth -- which for 232 years has been solely inhabited by white men -- is now open to people of all colors.

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How McCain Can Win the White House

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Presidential Race, Economy, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Gop, Iraq, George Bush, John McCain, War on Terrorism, Politics News

The terrorism issue is still a McCain election trump card, but it's not enough. He must duck the economic mess Bush made by spinning the standard GOP line that his plan is pro-growth.

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McAuliffe: Obama Has A Hispanic Problem

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

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At this point a thinking person has to ask the question: why has there not been any correction by team Obama to the "Latino problem?"

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White Voters of a Different Color

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Asian Americans, 2008 Democratic Primary, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Latino Voters, Barack Obama, Haiti, White Working Class Voters, Politics News

The presence of my brown skin parents in the white working class voter demographic indicates how vexing it must be for pundits trying to figure out this bloc of voters.

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A Call for Democratic Unity to Latino Voters

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Latinos, Howard Dean, Immigration, Latino Vote, Barack Obama Latinos, Democrats, Latino Voters, 2008 Election, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News

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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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Mormons, Hiv, Catholicism, George W. Bush, Colorado, Democratic Party, Pacifism, John Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Catholics, Catholic Church, Jewish Issues, Mike Huckabee, New Jersey, Latino Voters, Ohio, John Edwards, Baptists, Aids, Republican Party, African-American Issues, John Magee, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Atheism, Louisiana, Monica Lewinsky, Abortion Rights, Mitt Romney, Episcopal Church, Congress, Clintons, Mormonism, Pennsylvania, Democratic National Committee, Donna Hanover, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Denver Convention, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Bible, Christian Conservatives, Iraq War, Anti-Semitism, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Gay Marriage, Heterosexuals, Gay Issues, Methodists, Politics News

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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Will Hillary's Hispanic Support Hold Up In Texas?

Geraldo Rivera | Posted 02.29.2008 | Politics

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Hillary has largely been sustained by her disproportionate Hispanic support; the percentage of a state's Hispanic population has been the strongest predictor of the election's eventual winner.

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Watch Latina Women Raise their Voice for Obama

Richard Montoya | Posted 02.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Latina, Latino Vote, Latino Voters, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Latinas, Entertainment News

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

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The Politics of Multiethnic Relations

Scott Kurashige | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Race in Politics, Multiethnic Politics, Latino Voters, Black Voters, Asian Voters, Politics News

Communities of color need not view themselves as "minorities" in competition with each other but instead must recognize their increasing power and responsibility to reshape the majority culture.

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Obama's Texas Two-Step

Deanie Mills | Posted 02.21.2008 | Home

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If Obama wins the Texas Two-Step, it will be because he didn't just go out on the floor with the prom queen. It'll be because he reached out to those who felt like wallflowers, and invited them to the dance.

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Top Dem Hispanic: Clinton Shakeup "Disloyal To Hispanics"

New York Post | Maggie Haberman | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

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A prominent member of the national Democratic Party has circulated a sharp e-mail saying the removal of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign manager P...

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Why Latinos and Asian Americans Went for Hillary

Jeff Chang | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latino Vote, Fabian Nunez, Asian Americans, Chinese American Democratic Club, John Chiang, Emergent Voters, Dolores Huerta, Insurgant Voters, Gavin Newsom, Asian American Voters, Latino Voters, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Barack Obama Latino Vote, Hillary Clinton Latino Voters, Barack Obama Asians, Obama Latino, California Latino Vote, S.B. Woo, Politics News

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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Hallelujah, Immigrant Bashing Didn't Work! Latinos To Decide Next President

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hispanics, Latinos, Lou Dobbs, Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, Immigrants, Barack Obama, California, Hillary Clinton Hispanic Voters, Super Tuesday Exit Polls, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Super Tuesday Results, Latino Voters, Politics News

Clinton's strength among Latinos has proved to be her margin of victory in the Super Tuesday popular vote, especially as the late California vote becomes evident.

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NYC Latinos Torn Between Clinton And Obama

James Trimarco | Posted 02.05.2008 | Home

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Ivis Acevedo is a young woman working in a 99-cent store in a mostly Puerto Rican district of Brooklyn. As she talks about New York's upcoming primary...

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Bronx Stop Three: Starbucks on West 225th

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.04.2008 | Home

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It took a little convincing for Kenda Nunez, Baltazar Cortez and Geraldine LaPenne to let their lattes cool a minute while they talked politics, but soon they got fired up and realized they had a lot to say.

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My Hillary Problem: Redux

Alison Owings | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latino Vote, Latino Voters, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Gender Election, 2008 Election, Feminism, Barack Obama, 2008 Election and Gender, Gender, Politics News

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

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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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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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Did Latino Voters Decide Florida?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Florida Primary, Latino Voters, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Hispanic Voters, Hillary Clinton, Immigration, Hispanics, Cuban Voters, Mccain Immigration, Barack Obama, Politics News

One thing is clear, once we get to the general election, if Latino voters keep voting with this big a gap between candidates, the Republicans are done for.

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