Republican Candidates Put The Final Nail In Quest For Latino Support
First published in The Huffington Post, 03/17/2012 In a series of statements and interviews, the main Republican presidential candidates distanced
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Nobody Loves Marco Rubio Anymore
It is more believable, perhaps, that the GOP never considered him seriously, knowing that the only votes he could bring with him were from the Cuban American, a community which already votes Republican. Their VP ticket show-boating was just that — show-boating, bravado and wishful thinking, while sipping the strong Cuban cafecito.
Leer másThe Fata Morgana Of the Latino Republican Vote
If you hear the sound of rapidly changing drafts, the addition of words in Spanish by the speechwriters, the shift away from deportation as a one-size-fits-all solution, it’s because primaries in Florida and other states with considerable Latino populations are just around the corner.
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The Florida Vote And The Campaign Of The Absurd
«Mr. Speaker, I am not anti-immigrant: my father was born in Mexico.»
End of discussion. How could we think otherwise? Demolishing argument. Iron logic. Incredible philosophy. Why teach about Socrates, Descartes or Spinoza, when we have Mitt Romney?
Because, actually, how can any American be anti-immigrant when most of their forefathers were born somewhere else?
Gingrich Outflanks Obama From The Left
Quite frankly, it seems there have already been way too many GOP debates, and many more scheduled. They have been going on now for far too long. Please. The candidates perhaps cannot remember what they initially thought. And they may, for a change, say something constructive.
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