DeLay’s Strategy: Polarize Texas Politics

The conviction of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the afternoon before Thanksgiving Day sent shock waves through the national political scene. News reports seemed unanimous in reporting that DeLay […]

NewsTaco’s Carlos Guerra gave his take on the Tom DeLay conviction, what it means for the future of partisan politics, but mostly what it’s meant for Texas. The effects of […]

Cell phone or land line? The question has become as ordinary as regular or decaf, red or green salsa. Most of us don’t even consider the question because most of […]

Here’s a new twist on an old idea. Slate.com published a piece suggesting that minority communities would fare better politically if they did away with Section 5 of the Voting […]

You knew it was coming, and, now it’s here:  Gerrymandering time! The GOP is set to control much of the redistricting for future electoral boundaries all over the country, The Washington […]

President Barack Obama was set to meet with leaders of the Hispanic Caucus today, hopefully they’ll have a nice conversation that hovers around why the Democratic Party is failing Latinos […]

President George W. Bush’s new memoir “Decision Points” has proven to be a forum for many things, among them, a chance for the former president to avoid mea culpas and […]

Let’s get to know Susana Martinez , the next governor of New Mexico, a Republican/Tea Partier who will likely be tough on border security, reports Slate: “Martinez, who grew up […]

Ho hum, another election down.  Let’s see how Latino voters fared in this election: They saved Harry Reid and the U.S. Senate from Republican takeover. Latinos voted mostly Democratic. Three […]

Kino Flores was found guilty of numerous campaign financing and reporting violations. Flores has long been a problem among Valley Dems. While he professed to stick with his party, for […]