GOP Hits the Ground Going Backwards
GOP Hits the Ground Going Backwards
So enough speculation, we’re starting to get a real sense of what the new House Republican leadership will be doing with their feet on the ground and their agenda in […]
Rahm Emanuel And The Blunder Of Ignoring Latino Voters
Rahm Emanuel was out yesterday, now he’s in, but the truth is he’s only half got it. Although yesterday a Chicago appellate court ruled that Emanuel did not meet Chicago’s […]
Mississippi First to Ape Arizona’s SB1070
You can put Mississippi at the head of the line on at least one thing: that state’s seante is the first to approve an immigration law that apes Arizona’s sb […]
Wyoming Kills Anti-Immigrant Law
A bill in the Wyoming legislature that would have mimicked Arizona’s sb1070 had died a neglected death. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Pete Illoway, R-Cheyenne, went before a committee where […]
As Latinos Become White, The U.S. Becomes Latino
Recently, the idea that Latinos shouldn’t receive focused political attention because eventually, like Italian and Irish immigrants before them, they will eventually assimilate and become “white” has been tossed around. Particularly, […]
Rahm Emanuel Booted Off Chicago Mayoral Ballot
Rahm Emanuel does not meet the residency requirement to run for mayor of Chicago, according to an appellate court there. The former White House Chief of Staff’s attorneys are expected […]
Nebraska’s Latino Republicans Push Immigration Reform
The Latino Republican organization that grew out of Arizona, Somos Republicans, has expanded across the country and now includes chapters in Colorado, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Illinois, Utah and Virginia. […]
Gonzalez: The GOP Problem is Not Rhetoric
The leader of the Congressional Hispanic caucus says that the problem that Republicans have with Latinos is not the problem they think they have. Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-TX, wrote in […]
Is the GOP’s Latino World Whiter?
A lot of the chatter I’ve been catching over the inter-webs these past few days has been about Jeb Bush’s call for a more Latino-friendly GOP. Specifically, though, the talk […]
Immigration Hawk Florida Rep. Receives Death Threat
Stories are beginning to surface about copy-cat and revenge threats against US Congresspersons and state legislators in the immediate aftermath of the massacre in Tuscon that killed six and left […]