Well, it has been about a week since the United State Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that corporate entities have “personhood” in that they can utilize the first amendment to spend in campaigns. Essentially, the floodgates have been opened, and both corporations and unions will get to drown out the smaller individual [...]

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According to the Denver Post, Senator Ken Salazar will accept the Secretary of the Interior position, boosting the number of Latinos in the Obama cabinet to two. But should we be concerned about this appointment? Senator Salazar has been a friend of both Senator Joe Lieberman, an independent who defected away from the Dems with [...]

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Over the weekend, I read this piece that appeared in the Long Beach Press-Telegram by columnist Ruben Navarette that was pretty favorable toward Senator John McCain. I was struck by how one dimensional the piece was and again bothered that one’s stance on immigration was spun into somehow standing up for the Latino community. Once again, one of [...]

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Two primos from Colorado sent me this youtube yesterday. Back in the Spring, we linked to the mariachi version of Viva Obama that was very popular and is still my personal favorite. While I favor Obama, I would love to hear a song in Spanish from the McCain campaign and/or its volunteers. Any ideas for a title to [...]

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I love makeup as much as many women do, but I about spilled my coffee this morning when I heard that McCain’s campaign spent $22,800 in the first two weeks of October for Governor Sarah Palin’s makeup stylist. Makeup stylist Amy Strozzi was the highest paid staffer working for McCain during this critical period of [...]

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