Once known as the sleeping giant, new findings reveal, that Latinos could indeed determine the outcome in swing states…. Voting by Hispanics surged in the last congressional elections, showing strength that could swing this year’s presidential vote in closely contested states like Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. A government report released Tuesday shows that 5.6 […]

John Mccain heads to Latin America to lay out his foreign policy plan….. WASHINGTON (AFP) — Republican White House pick John McCain heads to Colombia Tuesday, on a trip also including Mexico, designed to draw sharp contrasts over trade and foreign policy with Democratic foe Barack Obama. The Arizona senator’s itinerary was also sketched with […]

McCain’s recent comments on immigrations suggest that he is trying to please voters on both sides of the issue…. It was the issue of immigration, after all, that almost sunk McCain’s candidacy back in the summer of 2007, when the Senate debated and defeated a comprehensive immigration bill that was dubbed the McCain-Kennedy bill and […]

Latino Stars come out for Barack Obama…. The last time he appeared on the front of the popular culture bible was in March, when it gave him its backing for president, saying he had “emerged by displaying precisely the kind of character and judgment we need in a president: renouncing the politics of fear, speaking […]

Newsweek claims that Barack Obama seems to hold an insurmountable lead over John McCain and that perhaps Hillary Clinton supporters will indeed flock to Barack Obama come November…. One of the most persistent myths of the interminable Democratic primary clash was that Hispanic voters didn’t like Barack Obama. (The oft-cited but largely inaccurate reason: his […]

Hillary Rodham Clinton began campaigning in earnest for her former rival Thursday, urging some of her most passionate supporters to back Barack Obama and then introducing him to some of her key fundraisers. “It is so important that we rally together,” Clinton said at a luncheon address to the National Association of Latino Elected and […]

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama plan back-to-back appearances Saturday before the annual meeting of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. The non-partisan group represents more than 5,500 officeholders and the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation. In a report issued Thursday, the group, known as NALEO, predicted a record-breaking turnout […]

McCain’s California Latino Chairman Mario Rodriquez of San Clemente says he knows his candidate has to appeal to Hispanics one-on-one and that the candidate has to get beyond the intense anti-immigrant rhetoric that he concedes some in the GOP have engaged in. And Norma Garcia Guillen, a Santa Ana lawyer who is president of the […]

There are dramatic signs that the fabled “sleeping giant” of the American electorate, the Latino vote, has awoken for the 2008 presidential race – putting Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama in heated competition for what could be a game-changing prize. And the candidates’ reaction to that awakening explains this week’s flurry of activity: […]