Morning NewsTaco
Wednesday September 19, 2012
Latino Voters Affirm Economy As Top Issue In New Poll (Fox News Latino/Huffington Post): Mitt Romney’s focus on the economy as his main talking point this campaign season echoes the concerns of Latino voters, yet a majority of them still plan to vote for Barack Obama in November, according to an exclusive Fox News Latino poll.
Romney slams Obama in pitch to Latinos (San Francisco Chronicle): GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, aiming to refocus his campaign on economic issues, came to California Monday to launch an aggressive drive for the critical Hispanic vote, arguing that Latino small businesses are being “crushed” by the tax policies of the Obama administration, which he said has also failed to deliver on immigration.
Why Latina Women Are Shunning Mitt Romney (Business Insider): Mitt Romney’s struggles in earning Latino support have been well-documented throughout the campaign. But what gets less attention is the drastic gap in support for Romney and President Barack Obama among Latina women.
Latinos: Romney Can’t Win Unless Your Vote is Suppressed or You Stay Home (Politics 365): While the pole positioning for women has come to rely upon the applied understanding of the demographics of subpopulations—zooming in with laser-like focus on single white female heads-of-households, twenty-something years of age, with some college education, but no four-year degree—the battle for Latinos is much more cut and dry.
Romney joked that being Latino would give him better chance of winning (NBC Latino): Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney joked in a fundraiser that he would have a better chance of winning the election if his father would not just have been born in Mexico, but had actually been Latino.
Opinion: Romney Secret Video Sums Up His Latino Problem (ABC): Romney’s joke about the supposed political benefits of being a Mexican-American comes across in context as self-serving. Has Romney spent more time trying to actually understand the Latino experience in America or practicing that one liner?
Census Data Shows Decrease in Hispanic Poverty Rate (One News Page): A U.S. Census report released on Wednesday showed a slight decrease for some subgroups living below the poverty line, including Hispanics. Household income showed a slight dip, whereas the number of medically insured slightly rose among a sample of 100,000 respondents from all…
Judge: Police to enforce Ariz. immigration law (Associated Press/USA Today): A judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state’s immigration law, marking the first time officers can carry out the so-called “show me your papers” provision.
Arizona immigration law spurs education campaign (Associated Press/Seattle Post Intelligencer): An education campaign for illegal immigrants to remain largely silent when they’re pulled over by police is being put into practice in Arizona after a federal judge ruled that the most contentious part of the state’s immigration law can take effect.
Dallas suburb that’s pushed to ban illegal immigrant renters has new court hearing Wednesday (Washington Post): A Dallas suburb’s long, expensive fight to ban illegal immigrants from renting homes will get perhaps its most important hearing Wednesday before a largely conservative group of judges with the power to influence the national immigration debate.
Hispanic Business Owners ‘Leading the Charge’ (National Journal): Hispanic business owners are front and center during this election cycle, and the pattern continues as presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks on Monday at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s annual convention in Los Angeles, the largest gathering of Hispanic business leaders.
UT schools receive high rankings for Hispanic enrollment (Daily Texan): The UT schools of business and law have developed a streak for enrolling and graduating Hispanic students and employing a significant percent of Hispanic faculty, according to a new ranking by an online magazine.
