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The Color of Legalized Pot? California's Prop 19 Ignites Intraracial Tension
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 26) -- We all know the stereotypes: Opponents of marijuana are people with short hair, khaki pants and light skin who like a good amount of mayonnaise on their white bread, and supporters are... pretty much everyone else. But in California, as everywhere else, the racial lines are blurry, and old stereotypes might prove a poor predictor of how the various populations in the nation's largest, most diverse state will vote when it comes to Proposition 19. As November draws near, there are increasing signs that race will play an important role in the upcoming vote on whether to legalize ...
Rep. Sanchez Apologizes for 'Vietnamese' Remark
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyFor 13 years, Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez has commanded a good chunk of her southern California district with a reliable and strong bloc of votes from a large Hispanic population. She has ridden her Mexican ancestry and pro-immigrant policies to repeated electoral victories -- until now. Now things are getting tough. Locked in a tight re-election campaign against a Vietnamese-American Republican, Sanchez, who was born in California to Mexican parents, said in an interview with Univision TV earlier this month that the "Vietnamese and the Republicans" in her district were "trying to take ...
Democrats Court Hispanics with Promises, Pleas and the 'Dream Act'
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyNEW YORK -- Swept aside by other more urgent campaign issues, a long-delayed immigration bill re-surfaced last week when leading Democrats needing Hispanic support in the midterms decided to bring to a vote legislation that would open a path to citizenship for students who are illegal immigrants. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader who finds himself in the political battle of his life against a Tea Party candidate, said he would attach the immigration bill to a defense spending measure. If passed, the immigration bill would give legal status to students who came to the United ...
The Midterms: Latest News on This Year's Hot Races
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyHere's a round-up of some of the latest news on House, Senate and gubernatorial races around the country: California Brown Intensifies Push Among Latino Voters in Governor's Race Democrat Jerry Brown has stepped up his outreach to Latino voters in California after a poll showed Meg Whitman, his rival in the governor's race, had made a double-digit gain in support among the key voting bloc, according to the Los Angeles Times. Brown in general has drawn criticism from fellow Democrats for so far running a lackluster campaign that hasn't come close to matching the well-financed ...
Obama's Immigration Speech: Big Words and Passion, but What's New?
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama's impassioned appeal for comprehensive immigration reform on Thursday recast familiar themes and objectives, slammed Republican opponents, and sought to bring the nation together on one of its most intractable political issues. Reaching out in every direction -- to immigrant history, to the Statue of Liberty and Emma Lazarus' stirring poetry -- Obama showed at times the fervor of his 2008 campaign speeches, calling immigration reform "a moral imperative," and demanding accountability and a common sense solution. But beneath the powerful rhetoric and genuine commitment, ...
Obama Immigration Speech: Policy or Politics?
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyOn Thursday, President Obama is to take the stage at Washington, D.C.'s American University to make the case for comprehensive immigration reform. The issue has raised temperatures across the country, dividing those calling for tough border protection and rigid policing of illegal immigrants from those who favor less punitive measures and broader integration. Perhaps nowhere is this schism more evident than in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer recently signed into law a controversial measure that gives law enforcement officials unprecedented authority to question anyone suspected of being in the ...
Obama's Ratings Drop Among Hispanics as Immigration Reform Takes Back Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDuring his 2008 campaign, President Obama had promised to make immigration reform a priority, and with that pledge having fallen to the backburner until this year's controversy over Arizona's new law, Obama has seen steady slippage in his job approval ratings from Hispanics. Obama's marks from blacks and whites have remained steady since January, but his job approval rating among Hispanics fell to 57 percent in May, down from 63 percent in April and 69 percent at the beginning of the year, according to a Gallup's analysis of its data since January. Obama, who had said reform would include a ...
Latino Vote Could Be Key in Midterm Contests for Congress and Governorships
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyPresidential candidates of both parties have long vied for Latino voters. In this midterm year, a new report from America's Voice, a group working for comprehensive immigration reform, suggests Latino voters will be a potentially decisive force in 37 House and Senate races, plus contests for governor in California, Colorado and Texas. The report says Latino voters may be pivotal in eight Senate races, in Arizona (where Republican Sen. John McCain is trying to keep his seat), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Nevada and New York. It says the group could also decide 29 House ...
Once Again, Obama Plays Race Card
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyThis time, Obama is preying upon Latinos, running an ad which falsely smears McCain as anti-Hispanic. The Spanish-speaking ad accuses McCain of "intolerance" and of "insulting" Latinos, of "abandoning" them in favor of "special interest." The ad quotes Rush Limbaugh in an insincere attempt to link the firebrand commentator to McCain. Firstly, McCain and Limbaugh have long been at odds on immigration and Latino issues, so the comparison is a false one. Also, Limbaugh's words, while indelicate, are both misquoted and taken out of context - one of the two quotes was obviously spoken in ...
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