The Decembrist: Latino diversity — a Question

Good read and discussion going on here check it out.

“If the Dems continue to desert Ferrer, it will help Rove achieve another key strategic goal: winning Latinos to the GOP, a minority-outreach effort that he actually takes seriously. A victory for Ferrer, New York?s first Hispanic nominee — coming right after Antonio Villaraigosa?s election as the mayor of Los Angeles — would mean that Latinos had won city halls in major cities on both coasts. That would be deeply meaningful for Hispanics nationwide, reaffirming Democrats as the party truly interested in elevating them and making it tougher for them to bolt. National Dems seem blind to the potent symbolism that such a bicoastal victory would carry. But you can bet Rove isn?t blind to it. ”

That’s a creative defense of the dreary Ferrer: He’s no Villaraigosa, but together he and Villaraigosa average out to an inspiring bicoastal pair.

But I’m interested in another question, and I wonder if anyone reading this is enough of an expert on Latino politics to offer an informed answer — is this true? Is it the case that Mexican-Americans in Texas would be inspired by the election of Hispanic mayors in New York and LA? Or El Salvadorans in Northern Virginia, or Latinos in Chicago? Or old-line Hispanic families in New Mexico?

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