What GOP Can Gain & Lose Among Latinos & Immigration Reform

What GOP Can Gain & Lose Among Latinos & Immigration Reform

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

By Matt Barreto, Latino Decisions Recently there have been a series of high profile endorsements for comprehensive immigration reform from the Republican Party. Immediately after the November 2012 election Bobby Jindal made […]

G.O.P. Opposition to Immigration Law Is Falling Away

Mary Mata March 20, 2013

By Ashley Parker, New York Times Republican opposition to legalizing the status of millions of illegal immigrants is crumbling in the nation’s capital as leading lawmakers in the party scramble to […]

The RNC’s Tom Perez Problem

NewsTaco March 18, 2013

By Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo The two biggest political stories of the day — the RNC’s release of its reaction to the party’s 2012 drubbing, and Tom Perez’s nomination […]

Bipartisan Immigration Reform Bill Takes Shape in House

Mary Mata

By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan, Reuters A bipartisan group in the House of Representatives is close to completing work on a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include a […]

CPAC Lineup Showcases Latinos

Mary Mata March 13, 2013

By Griselda Nevarez, Voxxi Latino conservatives are poised to play a prominent role in this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which is the nation’s largest annual gathering of conservative politicians and activists. […]

How the Demographic Shift Could Hurt Democrats, Too

Mary Mata

By Ryan D. Enos, Washington Post …in 2008 I conducted an experiment in which I sent a letter to African American voters just before an election in Los Angeles. The content […]

How Marco Rubio Could End Jeb Bush’s Electoral Career

Mary Mata March 12, 2013

By Marin Cogan, New Republic Few people in Florida can imagine Rubio running if Bush decided to get into the race. Though he has often been written about as an overnight […]

Latino Voters Vastly Prefer Hillary Clinton Over Marco Rubio

Mary Mata March 7, 2013

By Dan Amira, New York Magazine According to a (caveat: very, very early) Quinnipiac poll, 60 percent of Hispanic voters would support Clinton in 2016, compared to a mere 24 percent […]

Joaquin Castro Says Obama ‘Needs to Be a Leader’ on the Budget

Mary Mata

By Ron Fournier, National Journal Nothing angers President Obama and his allies more than suggesting that he bears even the minutest responsibility for resolving sequestration and the broader budget fights. He […]

The Next Ted Cruz? Abel Maldonado Eyes CA Governorship

Mary Mata March 5, 2013

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Is California ready for Latino governor? And a Republican at that? Former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado says he’s thinking of following in the footsteps of Texas […]