What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue
What Must Happen for Texas to Turn Blue
By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer You hear the question often: Is Texas becoming a blue state? Since President Obama won reelection in November with an emerging Democratic coalition of African-Americans, Latinos, […]
Arthur Brooks: The GOP’s Hispanic Opening
By Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Journal Half the Hispanics eligible to vote don’t. They are the ones most likely to call themselves ‘political conservatives.’ Before Washington was rocked in […]
Latinos are Leaving Their Republican Identity Behind
By Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, NBCLatino It’s no secret that the Republican Party has a serious problem with immigration. But in this instance I’m talking about their problem with Latinos […]
GOP’s Problems With Latinos Could Get Much, Much Worse
By Jamelle Bouie, Washington Post Given the current scandal-mania, it’s no surprise this went under the radar, but in Florida, the GOP’s state director of Hispanic outreach, Pablo Pantoja, has resigned […]
RNC Director Of Florida Latino Outreach Quits And Registers As Democrat
By Adam Peck, Think Progress When Republicans appointed Pablo Pantoja to State Director of Florida Hispanic Outreach for the Republican National Committee, they hoped he would be able to bridge the […]
The Impending End of the GOP
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco Well there, I’ve said it publicly! I think the GOP will come to an end as a presidential party for sure, a U.S. senatorial party […]
Biden Invites NM Gov. Martinez to his Cinco de Mayo Party
By Dan Boyd, Albuqueurque Journal New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden appear to have struck up an unlikely friendship. After receiving an invitation from Biden, the […]
The GOP Doesn’t Need Latino Outreach, It Needs Latino Takeover
By Garaldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic The debate over an immigration-reform bill has given us a glimpse into the emerging war within the Republican Party. On one side are those sensitive to […]
Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur
By McKay Coppins, BuzzFeed For the Republicans in Washington who hoped a new bipartisan push for immigration reform would give their party a fresh start, a new face, and a second chance […]
Immigration Bill Compromise is a Potential Political Sea Change
Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s 844 pages long. It’s been a long time coming. And it’s a compromise. So it’s a daunting read, a sigh of relief and…better than nothing. I’m […]