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November 20, 2009
Democrats and Republicans deployed their heavy artillery Thursday in a heated congressional hearing to debate a bill seeking to end the travel ban to Cuba.
El Pánico de Lamar Smith, Steve King, y sus aliados anti inmigrantes – La creciente actividad en el bando que promueve las deportaciones masivas refleja su inquietud por el impulso tomado por la reforma migratoria integral
November 18, 2009
Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco was among four statewide co-chairs named today of Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman’s Latino Coalition.
California’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman told a group of supporters Tuesday that she is making an unprecedented effort to attract Latinos to the Republican party – in South El Monte
Jaime O. Perez, chief of staff to County Judge Anthony Cobos, announced that he will run for Congress as a Republican. – Perez, 53, will challenge Tim Besco, 42, in the Republican primary for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
November 16, 2009
One of the Republican Party’s most respected and relied-upon consultants has serious reservations about two the party’s biggest names. – Alex Castellanos, a conservative media strategist and regular presence on CNN, raised questions of Sarah Palin’s viability for office and took major swipes at Florida Senate candidate Charlie Crist
November 13, 2009
GOP should take a cue from Lou Dobbs and resign their attack strategy on illegal immigration
November 11, 2009
Republicans still hard-pressed for minority support – Despite his efforts to reach out to black, Hispanic, Asian and other minority groups in his campaign for governor, Robert F. McDonnell’s decisive victory Tuesday in Virginia was largely the result of his overwhelming support among white voters.
November 9, 2009
Republican Party courting Latinos in Nevada (and elsewhere)
The New Latino Vote Under Obama – A Rift Between 2008 Latino Obama Supporters and the Republican Party.
Republican Debra Medina says she’ll be the first candidate in the 2010 Texas governor’s race with Spanish-language TV ads.
October 30, 2009
Did a resolution honoring Hispanic media trigger a silent boycott among the GOP?
October 28, 2009
GOP needs new approach for Hispanic vote
October 26, 2009
RNC unveils Spanish ad questioning Obama, Biden trips to Florida
October 15, 2009
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)
October 14, 2009
Former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), a 2008 Republican presidential candidate and fierce opponent of illegal immigration, is criticizing the nomination of Stephanie Villafuerte for District of Colorado U.S. Attorney.
October 13, 2009
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to speak to Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Tennessee October 22 at Waller Lansden
October 9, 2009
Republican Senators Want Census to Identify ‘Illegal Aliens’
October 7, 2009
Losing the Latino Vote – In the Long Run, the GOP Must Be Inclusive
Change and My Friend Anabel, The Life-Long Republican
Illinois GOP recruits minorities for longshot races – like Hispanic businessman Robert Enriquez for secretary of state
Maryland Labor Secretary Thomas Perez easily won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the new head of the civil rights division at the Justice Department. – All of the negative votes were cast by Republicans
October 6, 2009
Senator Leahy on the Nomination of Thomas Perez – Republican Filibuster Delays Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws – now 4 months of delaying
October 5, 2009
The Right is Taking the Wrong Approach With Hispanics
September 30, 2009
RNC’s Spanish Translation Of Hispanic Heritage Month Press Release Riddled With Errors
September 22, 2009
New website will offer evidence as to whether the GOP “gets it” with regard to Latinos – theamericano.com
Resigned Rhode Island Latino Republican Ivan G Marte tells Latina Lista nation is heading towards worst crisis any country could face
Ivan G. Marte, chairman of the Rhode Island Republican Hispanic Assembly, says he has quit the GOP out of embarrassment at South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s address to Congress last week.
September 15, 2009
“Joe Wilson ganó”, afirma congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez
September 10, 2009
Video: Obama Heckled by GOP During Speech to Congress
CAUSA: South Carolina Congressman brings disgrace on Republicans during President’s Healthcare Speech
How volatile is immigration in DC – In Lawmaker’s Outburst, a Rare Breach of Protocol – South Carolina GOP Rep Joe Wilson interrupted President Obama’s speech Wednesday night with a shout of “You lie!”
September 9, 2009
Latino Republican Tony Amador wants seat in Congress – He could be retiring after 40 years of presidential appointments and posts under California governors. But at 65, he’s diving into the caldron of national politics.
September 2, 2009
Will Florida’s New Republican Senator Focus on Immigration Reform?
August 26, 2009
Another Latino quits the GOP – Sergio Garcia, who was hired only three months ago by the New Mexico GOP as its political director and deputy executive director quits
August 24, 2009
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez’s Departure Leaves GOP Floundering With Hispanic Voters
August 21, 2009
It’s official: Political survey shows Latinos overall don’t trust Republicans for nada
August 18, 2009
Ted Cruz: A GOP bid in Texas to win the Hispanic vote – The state’s former solicitor general, running now for attorney general, hopes his Cuban heritage will be a plus with ‘fundamentally conservative’ Latinos.
August 17, 2009
La banca del ex senador hispano republicano por Florida, Mel Martínez, podría ser ocupada por otro cubanoestadounidense, el representante de este estado Lincoln Díaz Balard, dijo este lunes
August 13, 2009
George Lopez on Sotomayor and Republicans – George Lopez’s new HBO Stand-up “Tall, Dark, and Chicano”
Latino backlash at Republicans who voted against Sotomayor has already begun
August 7, 2009
Sources told the Miami Herald on Friday that Florida GOP Sen. Mel Martinez said he is going to resign before his term ends in 2010
August 6, 2009
The GOP Proves They Need Latina Wisdom
Analysis: Latinos could be factor in GOP slugfest for Texas Gov – U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Gov. Rick Perry
Republican Sen. Kit Bond said he’ll support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, breaking with the vast majority of the GOP.
August 5, 2009
The only Latina on the NRCC’s Target List: Rep. Loretta Sanchez
August 3, 2009
Republican Sen. John McCain says he’ll oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confirmation this week.
Republican support for Sotomayor looks paltry
Sen. John McCain warned that unless Republicans make a strong effort to reach out to Hispanics, the party will continue to be left behind. The Arizona Republican also said that under certain conditions he would work with President Obama on immigration reform.
July 21, 2009
Sotomayor Vote Delayed One Week By Judiciary Committee Republicans
July 17, 2009
The Senate’s lone Hispanic Republican, Mel Martinez, says he’ll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
July 15, 2009
Jon Stewart: White Men Can’t Judge – Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings are no snoozefest, as Republicans call her racist and Chuck Schumer cries.
July 14, 2009
“Out-of-Touch Beltway Republicanism” plagues Gingrich and others who want to send 12 million people packing
July 13, 2009
So just who is Miguel Estrada? He’s a former federal court appointee of President George W. Bush. And he was the focal point of the judicial wars between Democrats and Republicans during the Bush administration.
July 9, 2009
Efforts to rivet the attention of the Hispanic community on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings next week could complicate Republicans’ political ambitions for next year.
July 8, 2009
Hispanic National Bar Assoc. slams GOP Senator Jeff Sessions over PRLDEF attacks: “We Expect Better”
June 30, 2009
Manuel Miranda: Republicano, Racista, Idioto!
June 29, 2009
Republicans Focus on Guest Workers in Immigration Debate
June 24, 2009
Republicans drop niceties, go on attack on Sotomayor
June 4, 2009
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez plans to meet privately next Tuesday with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the Florida Republican weighs his support for the justice who could become the first Hispanic woman on the high court.
June 1, 2009
Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious – Only 5% are Hispanic according to new Gallup poll
May 31, 2009
Republican senators are starting to figure out how they will navigate the racial aspects of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, showing Sunday that they won’t be tongue-tied when it comes to the politically tricky subject.
Senate Republicans distance themselves from Tancredo, Gingrich and Limbaugh — but not far enough
May 30, 2009
Sotomayor Pick Sparks Race Divide In GOP
GOP Hispanic Strategists Stunned, Outraged By Sotomayor Attacks
May 29, 2009
Operation Gringo: Can the Republicans Sacrifice the Hispanic Vote and Win the White House?
May 27, 2009
Sotomayor nomination splits GOP – Conservative activists are outspoken in their opposition. But Republican senators who will vote on her nomination offer muted responses. Some think the party has a chance to reach Latino voters
March 20, 2009
Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, the former Republican Party chairman who vividly remembers the “variety of names” conservatives called him because of his work on immigrant rights, is readying for another big brawl over the issue of immigration.
March 19, 2009
Ten Republican congressmen — including one from North Carolina — said Wednesday that a civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office could have a chilling effect on other state and local police agencies that seek to crack down on illegal immigration.
March 16, 2009
Republican congressmen’s threats of revoking protected status of El Salvadoran immigrants are repulsive and demands an apology – Trent Franks (R-Ariz) and Dan Burton (R-Ind)
March 14, 2009
The Fall of Rosario Marín, California’s Favorite Mexican Republican: News Analysis from FI2W
March 10, 2009
After bringing new leadership and diplomacy to the Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, its president, CiCi Rojas, is being tapped to do the same for the Republican Party in Kansas.
February 1, 2009
Commentary: Republicans, don’t patronize Hispanics
GOP needs to figure out how to reach Latinos despite themselves
January 29, 2009
Hopeful RNC Chairman Chip Saltsman’s Other Song – The Star Spanglish Banner
January 28, 2009
GOP Hispanic Outreach Team Locked in Closet During SCHIP Debate?
January 26, 2009
The confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis, D-El Monte, as President Barack Obama’s Labor secretary has been delayed because of Republican objections.
December 17, 2008
One of the big bonuses Democrats enjoyed this year was a surge of support among Hispanic voters, a surge larger than the party would have dared to dream of just a couple of years ago. Now, one of the biggest questions Democrats face is whether hardening attitudes toward immigration, aggravated by hard economic times and rising unemployment, will push the party down paths that could undercut that Hispanic support, much as hardening rhetoric undermined Hispanic support for Republicans in the past two years.
Hispanic support for the Republican Party is in a “state of emergency,” Mario López, president of the conservative Hispanic Leadership Fund, tells Newsmax. “You have a situation where the conservative movement’s endangered, and the party’s in danger, if we don’t do better among this population,” López says.
CO-Senate: Salazar Departure Creates GOP Opportunity
December 10, 2008
Tancredo retires and some GOP colleagues still haven’t learned from his mistakes
McCain outreach chief sought Hispanic vote – Juan Hernandez
December 8, 2008
Polémica se ha vuelto la iniciativa encabezada por el senador republicano de Jacksonville, Stephen Wise, que pretende reducir drásticamente el número de horas de entrenamiento para los profesores que imparten la enseñanza del inglés como segundo idioma (ESOL).
December 6, 2008
An Oklahoma state task force looking at the status of Hispanic students in higher education may expire next year because some in the first-ever Republican-controlled Legislature frown on a group that has “lightning-rod-type words” such as Hispanic or multicultural, the task force chairman said Friday.
GOP Immigration Strategy: Full throttle on the wrong track
December 5, 2008
Napolitano’s immigration strategy was largely defense – Republicans, Democrats say she was reluctant to take lead on issue
On Wednesday, Republican congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got a call from President-elect Barack Obama, didn’t believe it was him, and hung up on him. Twice.
December 3, 2008
Hispanic voters helped turn Florida blue for president-elect Barack Obama, but not all of them are cheering. Many Colombian, Cuban and Venezuelan immigrants who voted Republican are nervous about what comes next.
U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez’s announcement Tuesday that he will not run for reelection set off a political free-for-all throughout Florida, as a slew of would-be successors began jockeying for position in the state’s marquee race in 2010.
December 2, 2008
The 2010 Senate election cycle has barely started, but the Democrats’ top target has already emerged: Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida.
Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer tapped Orange County political consultant Belinda Ortiz Monday to take the job of Hispanic outreach coordinator for the state party.
November 21, 2008
Republicans strategise to win back Hispanic voters
