chicagotribune.com - 12/5/2008
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As the Republican Party surveys its post-election train wreck, the pain must be even greater knowing that, with Hispanic voters, the GOP drove itself off the track. Hispanics voted 67 percent for Barack Obama , playing a key role in flipping Colorado , Nevada , New Mexico and Florida to the ...
americablog.com - 12/4/2008
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americablog.com —
Good morning. I know I'm always complaining about
the TODAY Show, yet I continue to watch it....
But, today, the show hit a new low. The expert guest to analyze the new administration was Karl Rove. Yes, FOX News contributor Karl Rove was on my t.v. this ...
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Frank Sharry: GOP Immigration Strategy: Full throttle on the wrong track
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, had a thorough piece in today's Chicago Tribune on just what derailed the GOP this election:
As the Republican Party surveys its post-election train wreck, the pain must be even greater knowing that, with Hispanic voters, the GOP drove itself off the track.
Hispanics voted 67 percent for Barack Obama, playing a key role in flipping Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Florida to the Democratic column. The growing Hispanic vote in Virginia, Indiana and ...
How The "Today We March; Tomorrow We Vote" Attitude Among Immigrant Groups Helped Pulverize The Republican Party
DownWithTyranny! —
... with Josh Hoyt, head of Illinois' largest immigrants' rights organization, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). Yesterday Josh helped readers of the Chicago Tribune understand how the Republican Party's stumbling and bipolar immigration agenda helped doom John McCain's race for the White House. It goes even deeper than the 2/3 of America's fastest growing, and largest, minority bloc breaking for Obama (and remember, just 4 years ago Bush gave the Democrats a real run for their money with Hispanic voters, winning 44%). This year, Hispanics were ...
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