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Monday night’s 3rd and final presidential debate for this election cycle focused on foreign policy — although of course both candidates found opportunities to turn the tide of the debate to the economy. But for a debate about foreign policy some may have noticed that there was scant attention paid to Latin America; most of Read More
The political conventions are finally over, and with just less than 60 days before the general election, it appears that the electorate is as unchanged going into the fall as it was before Tampa and Charlotte. We heard from Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan on why it is imperative to change the current administration. Romney Read More
If you watched the Republican and Democratic national conventions, you may have been intermittently entertained, amused, outraged and maybe mildly bored. But I’m betting that like millions of other Americans, you weren’t surprised that many of the speeches appealed to religion, or more accurately, appealed to the idea of a Christian God. And you probably Read More
Ever since Romney won the nomination, I’ve been wondering how the GOP would be able to still court Christian Evangelicals. Santorum was the leading candidate for the Christian right, and his loss left many faith-based Republican voters shaking their heads. The problem centers around Romney’s Mormon faith and a GOP voting bloc that has, for Read More
Like any sport, politics is an offensive and defensive game. Like any game, you can usually tell who is winning by who is attacking and who is defending. When you’ve been attacked over and over, you might have the tendency to start cheating, and in politics, this is done by lying about your opponent. This Read More
On Monday NBC Latino reported that New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez will deliver a keynote address at the Republican National Convention: “‘Americans want to work,’ said Governor Martinez in a written statement following the announcement. ‘They want to build their businesses, compete and succeed in order to create more jobs – Mitt Romney knows this Read More
In the past, I have argued that Latinos represent a wide array of beliefs, opinions and political ideologies — and that we must openly accept all of them as part of the Latino identity. Sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have now reached a point where most people can Read More
These days Latino momentum seems to be on the side of Pres. Obama. You can even see anger raging from Hispanics against the right verbally personified when comedian George Lopez went off on a curse-filled rant against Sheriff Joe Arpaio in his recent HBO special. Si, we are winning, at least in the polls; but Read More