Republican Ad, En Español, Attempts to Sway Latino Voters

Republican Ad, En Español, Attempts to Sway Latino Voters

Mary Mata August 15, 2011

By Efrain Nieves The trending topic in politics on Latinos is how both Democrat and Republicans are trying to get Latino votes for 2012. Republicans, love or hate them, have already […]

Latino Politico To Staff Debt Reduction Committee

Mary Mata August 12, 2011

California Congressman Xavier Becerra was appointed to the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with two other Democrats on Thursday. The panel will be the one to decide which […]

Debt Deadlock: It’s About Race, Stupid

Mary Mata August 9, 2011

I’ve heard lots of people complaining about “these congressional Republicans that have hijacked our government” and I only have one thing to tell them: get over it! Let me clarify my statement. The […]

Bachmann Beats Obama On Hating Immigrants

Mary Mata August 5, 2011

In light of the ridiculous “report cards” issued by the anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA when it comes to immigration scorecards, I figured it would be good to respond in kind. The […]

The Debt Deal Gives Us Only One Sure Thing: Uncertainty

NewsTaco August 2, 2011

This is what I’ve got on my score card: the debt ceiling deal that congress agreed to is, a) a deal that no one liked; b) that  no one knows for sure […]

Debt Ceiling Deal Bad News For Latinos

Mary Mata August 1, 2011

So the big news of the day is that President Barack Obama and House Republicans reached a deal to raise the debt ceiling — but there’s a huge “but.” The […]

How The GOP Can Use Immigration To Win Over Latino Voters

Mary Mata July 28, 2011

Despite promoting controversial anti-immigration legislation and impeding access to educational resources for Latinos, the Republican Party has devoted the last five decades to establishing inroads with second- and third-generation Latino […]

GOP Hopes To Avoid Immigration Issue To Win Florida

Mary Mata July 27, 2011

I’m not making this up, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said in a conference call today that the Republicans would try to skirt debate on immigration during the election, trying […]

GOP Candidates Ignore Latinos, Then Lie To Them

Mary Mata July 26, 2011

If you ask me, and no one did I’m just saying, this is a pretty lame way to treat a huge voting bloc. Let me break it down. The reason […]

GOP, Dems Want Latino Votes, What Do We Want In Return?

Mary Mata

That the Republican Party is busy recruiting Latinos is not surprising, given the recent success of Marco Rubio in Florida and Raul Labrador, the first ever Latino elected to the […]