NEWSWEEK COVER: Latino Power

Prnewswire ^ | Sunday May 22, 10:59 am ET

[Brian Mosely]

NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Mayor-Elect Antonio Villaraigosa accomplished what Democrats dream of doing nationwide: he energized Latino voters to turn out for him at historic levels and stitched together the sort of multiracial coalition that has often eluded less-gifted politicians, Newsweek reports. In the May 30 Newsweek cover "Latino Power" (on newsstands Monday, May 23), Miami Bureau Chief Arian Campo-Flores and Chief Political Correspondent Howard Fineman assess the impact of Villaraigosa's election on national politics and the Latino vote. Though they won the Hispanic vote last November, Democrats lost ground to Republicans for the second straight presidential-election cycle. To remain viable as a party, Democrats need to win Latinos back. At stake is nothing less than control of the presidency and Congress. If the GOP maintains its current share of the Latino vote, "then the Democrats will never be the majority party again in our lifetimes," Simon Rosenberg of the New Democrat Network, tells Newsweek.

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"As with the Irish, so too with Mexican-Americans, as Villaraigosa's comfortable margin of victory in the Los Angeles mayor's race attests," Rodriguez writes. "Villaraigosa, a onetime militant campus activist, fashioned his first race for the mayoralty in 2001 around a labor-left-Latino alliance. He lost. Four years later he broadened his message, built a more ideologically moderate multiethnic coalition and won by nearly 20 percentage points."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7937184/site/newsweek/

[shellshocked]

"55 ELECTORAL VOTES."

Just in Texas, Kali, Colorado, Arizona, Neuvo Mexico, Nevada, the illegal Mexicans can push 118 electoral votes.

Toss in a few other states that they have invaded and may control within the next three years: OK (7), FL (27), SC (8), NC (15), GA (15), WY (3), IL (21), (96 total) and they can control 214 of 270 needed to win.


Add in Democrat states already heavy Dem, NY (31), WA (11) ME (4), MN (10), WI (10), MI (17), PA (21), and the Dems have a lock on all elections.


Scary, isn't it?

[DoughtyOne]

Did Bush campaign here? Yes, he made something like two appearances one day.

Think he cared about California's electoral vote? Think he gave a damn about the citizen of the U.S. that lived there?

He's willing to cut loose a state that when measured by other nations, would be fifth or sixth in the world. Now there's a brain trust for you.

[GWB00]

Latino power, Black power, seems all the minority groups can lay claim to militant organizations and slogans.

I find it funny Newsweak did not do a cover story of "Latino Power" when Alberto Gonzalez became AG and won't if he becomes a supreme court justice. Come to think of it, where was Newsweak promoting "Latino Power" when Miguel Estrada was filibustered and slimed?

I know the answers, it is just fun to point out the hipocracy.

[Caipirabob]

In our family, "Latino Power" is what they contribute as conservatives to our society.

[HiJinx]

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[SandRat]

I saw. My fingernails are bit back to the first joint to keep frm typing in what I really want to say about Newsweek. Cours that means the the Admin Mod would bounce me again so I'll be a good poster.

[MoJo2001]

Fret not! I've got an idea:

Newsweek sucks! Plain and simple.

Encouraging foreigners to destroy our sovereignty is yet another strike against them.

[AZHua87]

yeah HJ, what GWB00 said what's up with Newsweek? Newsweak did not do a cover story of "Latino Power" when Alberto Gonzalez became AG and won't if he becomes a supreme court justice. Come to think of it, where was Newsweak promoting "Latino Power" when Miguel Estrada was filibustered and slimed?

[hosepipe]

[ NEWSWEEK COVER: Latino Power ]

Implied; and President Bush's WEAKNESS..

[dalereed]

I look for the San Fernando Valley and the South Bay to get enough residents mad to have the vote to form their own cities and leave the core of L.A to be a human sewer with no tax base left to support it.

[Riverman94610]

Why do those who are mad at illegal immigrants keep voting in pro-immigrant politicians?
Because for many Mexican-Americans,as for many other ethnic groups,they tend to cling together when one of"theirs"is perceived to be under attack.True,many legals are upset at the flood of illegals which undermines their wage gains and exacerbates tensions,brings more gang activity,etc.
HOWEVER,they tend to band together when they see the opposition to the illegals has a mostly white face-The Minutemen,SOS,FAIR,etc.
I truly believe the credibility of these anti-illegal groups would be much enhanced if they were not almost all white in composition.Where are the blacks,the Asians and the legal Mexican immigrants at these protests?The absence of these groups makes it seem like a white-Mexican issue and that dynamic can have tragic consequences.

[brazzaville]

Good morning.

The immigration debate is rapidly moving to the point that the final argument will have to be in .223, .45, or 7.62x39mm.

Ethnic cleansing will be nasty in a state this large.

I wonder if we will get aid from our neighbors or stand alone.

Michael Frazier

[Happy2BMe]

BTTT

[riri]

This just can't turn out well.

[ForGod'sSake]

Hey Travis. Since you seem to be a close follower of this invasion, do you happen to know right off hand if JR still zots American Patrol, VDARE and the like? Their research and documentation seems to be more mainstream these days, no?

FGS

[doc30]

If everyone is mad as hell about illegals, then how come they keep electing pro-immigration politicians?

Because everyone isn't mad as hell. People support illegal immigration. That's why they elect these politicians. The battle to stop la reconquista has been lost before it even began. People here feel to "guilty' for past racist injustices to ever be able to stand up to this obvious invasion. Political correctness will prevent any meaningful enforcement of current immigration laws, let alone enactment of newer ones. You either support illegal immigration, or you are a hateful racist. No other options in today's society. I guess that means I am a hateful racist.

[ForGod'sSake]

Excellent points and well said DoughtyOne.

I'll tell you what change I've noticed over say, the last 20 years. It's a look in the eye. They don't hold what the gringo is and what we have accomplished in very high regard any more. They have been poisoned by incessant racial rhetoric from their "leaders". Not unlike JJ and his band of flying monkees. The opportunities created in this country for those that would assimilate gringo's values are boundless. What do the illegals, and now many legals, want to do? Tear it down and remake it in their own image. It's just a cultural thang you know.

Nations/societies/cultures come and go and since I'm not much of a historian I can't really say what causes most to collapse, but I have my suspicions.

FGS

[ozarkgirl]

I guess that means I am a hateful racist.

No, it just means you have common sense. Ultimately there will be a reckoning but I figure it will take a couple years. More and more states are being invaded and people are finally starting to look up and say "hey, what's happening here?".

Too many American's are more interested in seeing who's the latest American Idol than seeing what's happening in their own country. But I do see a change.

[chicagolady]

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE "RIGHT" KIND OF LATINA!!

Hey EVERYBODY, what a great chance at a political statement! Please nominate me, Rosanna Pulido for Latina of the year. WHY?

Some points you can use

1) was a member of the Minuteman Project in April 2005 on the Arizona border and successfully and peacefully secured our borders and stood up for the rule of law in America.

2)She is a stellar example that Mexican can follow the law and be successful.

3)She is an organizer of the Chicago Minuteman Project, who's group will expose politicians voting records and it will reveal if they have upheld their oath of office, which will make a more secure Illinois.

4) Her group will expose companies that hire Illegal Aliens instead of paying a decent wage to legal residence of Illinois.

5) Through her political activites in these areas, she is striving to insure that all Law abiding Mexican Americans can continue to pursue their American dream and trust that the state will be enforcing it's laws which is needed for a secure future for Mexicans in Illinois.



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