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Latinos unhappy with some Obama picks

If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots. Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  30 Nov 2008

GOP must tone down rhetoric to woo Latinos

It isn’t as if Republicans weren’t warned.  For years — especially as conservatives’ rants against immigration seemed to lose any distinction between illegal and legal residents — Republican Hispanic media consultant Frank Guerra sounded the alarm for ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  12 Nov 2008

Latinos push for Cabinet posts

Weeks before Barack Obama won the presidency, he met privately in Washington with his former Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, and Latino political leaders who had fervently backed her bid. The cards were laid upon the table, ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  7 Nov 2008

Immigrants the new face of 'real America'

In an election season filled with hyperbole and lies, the truest moments came just in time for next week’s election. The candor came from Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and two GOP House members from Minnesota and North Carolina, who ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  28 Oct 2008

It’s time for Latinos to reach their voting potential

Elections are a time of accountability, a time when the values of presidential candidates are judged by voters and when incumbents are forced to defend their records and rhetoric against ambitious challengers. This year, unlike any previous election ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  7 Oct 2008

McCain zigzags on immigration

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is zigzagging again. On comprehensive immigration legislation, McCain has not been a “straight-talker,” nor has he been a classic flip-flopper. You know the type: “He was for it before he was against it.” No, ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  18 Sep 2008

Push needed for immigration reform

The physical and emotional pain of dozens of immigrants and their children was palpable recently when a congressional delegation walked into a room at St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Postville, Iowa. The town still suffers almost three months after 389 ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  6 Aug 2008

Should everyone count?

With ethnic profiling and immigration raids driving up Latinos’ fear of government, deep concerns are being raised about the federal government’s ability to reach out and count every person living in the United States in 2010. The 2010 Census, the ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  23 Jul 2008

Democrats to watch in red state races

As Democrats try to add to their ranks on Capitol Hill, they are watching two red state races that could increase the number of Democratic Hispanics in the House and Senate and underscore the increasing political clout of Latinos. What’s more, the ...

From GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  9 Jul 2008

McCain and Obama court Latino voters

Recognizing the growing political power of the nation’s largest minority, John McCain and Barack Obama both sought to woo Latinos in back-to-back speeches on Saturday-and it’s clear each candidate has some work to do to earn their favor. McCain must ...

From JONATHAN MARTIN,BEN ADLER,GEBE MARTINEZ, The Politico,  28 Jun 2008

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