The Rise Of The Latino Super PAC In Today’s Latino Politics Headlines
The rise of the Hispanic super-PAC: There’s a new phenomenon in Washington: the Hispanic super-PAC, which aims to give political voice to the nation’s fastest-growing demographic.
Harsh GOP Rhetoric Sends Hispanics to Obama: The GOP candidates—Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in particular—have spent a lot of time and money trying to court Florida’s Hispanic voters with ads and appearances, boasting of their own connections to the Latino community and slamming their opponents’ views on immigration. This strategy seems to have paid off for someone: President Obama.
Obama courts Latino vote on economic tour: President Barack Obama is courting Hispanics in politically important states, setting himself up as a champion of the crucial Latino voting bloc and as a foil to Republican candidates fighting for a share of support from the same groups.
Mitt Romney’s message on economy resonates with Hispanic voters: GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is gaining momentum among Hispanic voters while President Barack Obama’s campaign is claiming Obama has their support.
“Self-deportation” doesn’t shrink the shadow economy: Chalk it up as one of the unexpected consequences of the intense media attention devoted to the Republican presidential nomination race. When Mitt Romney announced his support for the concept of “self-deportation” during a Florida debate last week, reporters instantly shone a bright spotlight on a strategy for removing illegal immigrants from the United States that had hitherto been mostly flying under the radar.
Latino group sues, saying GOP primary schedule hurts Hispanic Republicans: A Tampa Latino group Monday sued Republican National committee chairman Reince Priebus, contending that the GOP’s primary schedule unconstitutionally dilutes the electoral clout of Hispanic Republican voters.
Florida’s voting fairness problem: Florida law imposes undue burdens on African-American, Hispanic and younger voters, according to witnesses at a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in Tampa on Friday.
Will Florida Laws Keep Young Voters From Primary?: It’s a teenage rite of passage up there with learning to drive and attending prom: your first time voting. But according to some longtime voter-registration organizations, that right could be threatened this year in a number of states due to new laws that make signing up new voters more difficult.
In Florida, a changing Latino mosaic reshapes politics: An important voting bloc in a crucial swing state, Florida’s Hispanic community has grown more diverse and now includes a fast-growing Puerto Rican population, an influx of South Americans and a rising number of Mexicans.
Romney’s Three Amigos: Rick, Ron and Latinos: The electorate that is giving Romney that extra post-South Carolina push he needs to seal the deal is the Latino vote. Yet, it appears to be the most ignored by mainstream media despite the fact that it may be the swing vote that will determine the Florida primary’s outcome.
A Look at Latino Voters in Florida: The diversity of Florida may be the first real test of the strength of the Republican message nationally whoever wins the primary.We begin with a look at an important national constitutency who make up 10 percent of Florida Republicans: Latinos.
Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich Wrestle for Key Florida Latino Vote: Former Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich have been attacking each other on immigration, with each man eager to sew up the Latino vote that is so critical in Florida. But both men may find their primary tactics will give them trouble in the general election, a contest in which the Hispanic vote is becoming increasingly important with each election cycle.
Voter Snapshot: Florida Hispanics in Spotlight Before GOP Primary: Cubans make up the majority of the Hispanics expected to cast votes, and the presidential hopefuls have been working to woo them in Little Havana with retail politics, appearing on local television and radio and seemingly non-stop Spanish-language ads.
GOP prepares for critical primary in diverse Florida voting blocs: In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Mitt Romney leads Newt Gingrich by a 43-29 percent margin among Republican likely voters in Florida. Ron Paul and Rick Santorum both bank 11 percent of the survey’s respondents.
Will Mitt Romney’s Embrace of Puerto Rican Statehood Play in Florida?: At the end of a long weekend of campaigning in South Florida, where the Cuban American vote has been largely emphasized, Mitt Romneys’ strong embrace of Puerto Rican statehood and an endorsement from Governor Luis Fortuño, may signal a shift of momentum in favor of Romney among Latino Republicans in the Sunshine state.
Newt Gingrich’s Complicated Past With Cuban Americans: Like much of the GOP establishment, Miami’s Cuban-American Republican elected officials are dreading the possibility of having Newt Gingrich at the top of the ticket this year. The conventional wisdom among the party’s elite is that Gingrich at best is a brilliant thinker who helped his party win back control of Congress; at worse he’s an undisciplined blowhard who helped President Clinton win a second term.
The Republicans Misread of Environmental Politics: Immigration will hurt these guys with the growing Hispanic vote, and their rabid anti-environmentalism will hurt them with the typical independent suburban voter.
