Daily NewsTaco
Monday October 8, 2012
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco
Romney, Obama Should Not Celebrate Debate, Immigrant And Civil Rights Advocates Say (Huffington Post): This piece sums up what I’ve been thinking saying since last Wednesday evening. With all the noise about debate “performance,” nothing has been said in the national, traditional media about how the candidates failed to mention women’s issues and immigration; and how they skimmed over education. The debate was mostly about abstract tax policies and devoid of human connection.
President Obama moves to lock in Latino vote (Politico): I think the headline overstates the obvious. It’s a good article that explains a little more of the chains and sprockets of the Obama machine’s Latino swing state strategy. It also goes into the reasons why the GOP punctured and fumbled the Latino vote. The article quotes Republican adviser Alex Castellanos, who is described as “who once worked for Romney, ” and who pulls no punches in pointing out what the Romney campaign did to alienate the majority of Latino voters.
Romney must come clean on immigration policy (The Hill): This article asks the basic question: Is Romney for or against deferred action? He said he would honor the Presidents action, but his campaign says he won’t.
Poll: Florida’s Hispanic voters back Obama 61-31 over Romney (Miami Herald): This isn’t what most national polls are saying. Most national polls give Obama a large Latino lead, but even those polls give Romney a little head room in heavily republican, Cuban-American Florida. Not so this latest Latino Decisions poll.
Jobless Rate: A Look Behind African American, Hispanic Youth Unemployment Rates (Politic 365): It’s great that someone pulled the sheets back to take a look at Latino and black unemployment (especially teen unemployment and it’s causes) after the celebration of the 7.8 rate announced last week.
“Critical mass” key to affirmative action case (Huffington Post): A good read in anticipation of Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing (or shall I say re-hearing) of affirmative action. The piece whittles the case down to it’s essential questions.
Moyers: The Rise of Hispanic America (Alternet): Bill Moyers sat with Univision anchors Maria Elena Salinas and Jorge Ramos to talk about Latino political power. It’s a good, but lengthy, read – but if you’ve got the time, well worth it. Or save it and come back to it later.
Bloggers and Economists are Failing on Immigration (Forbes): This commentary is as much about immigration as it is about the nature of bloggers and blogging. In essence, it’s about the need for more tech visas and immigrant entrepreneurs. But the writer, Adam Ozimek (who’s fuzzy profile on Forbes reads: “is an associate at an economics consulting firm, where he does a variety of tasks on a variety of projects in a variety of fields, mostly related in one way or another to economics.”) takes bloggers to task for ignoring the topic because there is no fight in it.
Immigration officials didn’t ask for Vargas to be detained after arrest (Poynter):Important follow up to an important story: Pulitzer prize winning journalist, and self-outed undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was arrested in Minneapolis last week for driving without a valid license. The logical consequence was that he would be handed over to immigration officials and eventually deported. This story lays-out what happened after the arrest.
Venezuela Election: Hugo Chavez Wins Tight Race, Reign Continues for Six More Years (Fox News Latino): The news of the day from South America. Was the outcome ever in question? Yet, speculation is that Chavez’ health won’t permit him to finish his new six year term.
Rising number of Latinos spurs English language debate in Carroll County (Baltimore Sun): The latest iteration of a decades old story of Latinos in the U.S. It merits reading so that it’s not ignored. Residents in Caroll County, Maryland, have started an English Only campaign in reaction to the growing Latino presence in their community. There is nothing new here, except the geography and the names of the people. And that’s precisely why we should take note.
Latino voter registration efforts running out of time in Pennsylvania (CNN): The click is tic-tocking away in Pennsylvania for Latino voter registrants. What should have been a year’s worth of work was reduced to a couple of weeks because of legal battles against voter ID. This is a well reported, well written piece about the run for the finish line, and the race to beat the clock to register as many Latinos as possible, given the time lost.
