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Marco Rubio’s Spending Spree! Whee!

February 26th, 2010 · 13 Comments

For the past few days, in addition to the tropical produce name calling, Marco Rubio, the GOP candidate for the Senate in Florida, has been getting some heat for his spending ways. Basically, he made some charges to his state GOP American Express card for $133 hair cuts (his hair cut doesn’t look that complicated), [...]

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Tags: Democratic Party · Fabian Núñez · GOP · Republican Party · ethics

Latinos & the MA Senate Election

January 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments

This week the President and the Democratic leadership were handed a huge blow in Massachusetts with the seat once held by Senator Kennedy, who passed away in August, now going to Scott Brown, the former Cosmopolitan “sexy man.”
I think that the Democrats took it for granted that Senator Kennedy was holding this seat warm for [...]

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Tags: Democratic Party · Education · GOP · Immigration · Kennedys · Republican Party · community organizing and activism · health care

Some Observations about the Upcoming Immigration Reform Debate

December 22nd, 2009 · 11 Comments

Now that Congressman Gutierrez has introduced the comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House, eyes will turn to the Senate as Senators Schumer and Graham craft their bill, which is rumored to be more enforcement oriented than the Gutierrez legislation. I think that if an immigration bill doesn’t move toward passage by Memorial Day that [...]

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Tags: Congressional Hispanic Caucus · Democratic Party · GOP · Immigration · Republican Party · Seneca · health care · racism

Schwarzenegger Throws a Curveball with the Maldonado Lt. Governor Pick

December 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting article about how Governor Schwarzenegger’s pick for the lieutenant governor’s position, State Senator Abel Maldonado, is causing headaches for both the state GOP and Democratic establishment. In a way, this was a brilliant move for Schwarzenegger in selecting this relatively moderate Republican Latino for the job because he [...]

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Tags: Democratic Party · GOP · Republican Party · diversity

National Republican Congressional Committee Pokes Fun of Loretta Sanchez Holiday Card

December 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments

Sure enough, the National Republican Congressional Committee has picked up where we left off in spoofing Congresswoman Sanchez’s 2009 holiday card. Plainly, Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez puts herself out there like this making her an easy target for the NRCC.
This spoof has created a little partisan bickering:
Here’s what Joanna Burgos, NRCC’s western press secretary, had [...]

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Tags: Democratic Party · GOP · Rep. Loretta Sanchez