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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Marco Rubio’s Spending Spree! Whee!
February 26th, 2010 · 13 Comments
Tags: Democratic Party · Fabian Núñez · GOP · Republican Party · ethics
Update on the Meg Whitman Campaign
February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Back in November, I blogged about California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and her connection to former Governor Pete Wilson (the guy who was a big supporter of the infamous Prop 187).
Well, this week, former Governor Wilson cut an ad for Meg Whitman. Listen to it, and feel free to tell us what you [...]
Tags: GOP · Immigration · Republican Party · Univision · racism
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Congressional Hispanic Caucus · Democratic Party · GOP · Immigration · Republican Party · Seneca · health care · racism
Use of Fear in Political Discourse: Do Latinos recognize it?
December 7th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Seneca has contributed the following about Latinos and the use of fear in the political climate:
Fear in public discourse is as ancient as political competition. While man was in the caves, he became fearful of fire, the shadows it created, lightening, thunder, the wind or snow storms, the swollen sea, the flooding streams, [...]
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