Latino swing vote
February 25th, 2013
When Texas voted in this last election, no one did an exit poll; perhaps because it would have shown that Latinos voted for the Democrats in larger numbers than we Republicans wanted to acknowledge. The fear that Texas is...
November 14th, 2012
Now before all you noise makers on the extreme right get your knickers in a wad, this is not a story about amnesty. But it is a story about fixing a problem that should have been fixed in the last decade. It is also a story...
November 9th, 2012
COUNTIES INTERACTION MAP click to See how your county voted http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/presidentI am extremely proud to be a native Texan. I love where I live between the hills and along the Guadalupe River...
September 25th, 2012
While there are rumblings about the ‘Hispanic’ vote in the political arena, it is my belief that Mitt Romney is making a sincere effort to reach the American ‘Hispanic’. The Republican National Convention, I can proudly...
August 14th, 2012
Paul Ryan's rise to the national mainstream has given the GOP a great chance to market its approach to the nation's problems. Unfortunately in the last days, Republicans have dropped the ball when it comes to controlling the...
April 5th, 2012
After this week, it appears even more likely that former Massachusett's Governor Mitt Romney will emerge at the Republican nominee for President of the United States. He will move on to face an extremely well-financed...
February 29th, 2012
Journal.us reports this week that Hispanic community leaders are launching an "unprecedented" national campaign to register 200,000 Latino voters and to mobilize 100,000 to go to the polls in November. Please let me...
June 30th, 2011
A recent story in USA Today showed a severe problem about Republican strategy for 2012 when they did a story on Republican outreach to Hispanics. Or I should say the lack of Republican outreach to Hispanics....
June 17th, 2011
The great communicator Ronald Reagan once said, “Hispanics are Republican they just don’t know it.” Recently, Harry Reid countered that statement by saying, “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be Republican...
August 12th, 2010
"I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK. Do I need to say more?" Senator Harry Reid said on Tuesday at a Nevada campaign event with Latino supporters. No, Senator Reid, you do not need to say...
November 21st, 2012
In June 2012, the largest state Republican convention in the country overwhelmingly approved a sensible immigration plank. It is known as the Texas Solution. Texas Republicans are no longer willing to kick the can down the...
November 12th, 2012
If someone would tell me that Romney would have received, as a percentage, almost as many votes from gay voters as Hispanics or Asian voters, I would say no way. Romney's defeat can be attributed to two things, a massive...
September 27th, 2012
Latinos are the fastest growing segment of our society. This year alone, more than 600,000 Latinos born in the USA will celebrate their 18th birthday and will become eligible to vote!Most of them are Catholic. Most of them...
September 11th, 2012
When many ask, “Why can’t ‘they’ wait in line like everyone else?” I don’t think that they know the history of Mexicans in the U.S. Or if they do, they don’t bother to understand how it is on the verge of repeating itself...
March 23rd, 2012
Democrats could anticipate the Latino vote without much effort or campaigning in past political races. In fact, it used to be the norm that if Latinos voted, no one asked their political affiliation because it was presumed...
October 3rd, 2011
Here are some numbers to consider. Approximately, thirty percent of African-Americans view themselves as conservative, but as Jay Cost observed, Republicans are lucky to gain ten percent of those votes. What if...
June 29th, 2011
The following should be the rules of engagement for conservatives in winning in the 2012 elections.First rule, know your opposition. Never use the word liberal, but insted use leftist in describing your...
September 18th, 2010
For sixteen years, the Texas 148th Legislative District of the Texas House has been served by one of the most liberal members of the House, Jessica Farrar. If Houston Deputy Fire Chief Fernando Herrera has his way, that is...
August 12th, 2010
While on the campaign trail Tuesday, Harry Reid said, "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican." Ruben Estrada, President of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Orange County, NY, has a...