With Huntsman gone, the GOP has said good-bye to an important potential bridge into the Hispanic community. With options dwindling, a Vice-President Marco Rubio could be the GOP’s best option in a sea of dwindling opportunities.

My work with Matt Barreto of the University of Washington, Seattle and Gabriel Sanchez of the University of New Mexico is cited in this post on Voter ID laws.  Our research suggests minorities would be disproportionately affected by voter ID laws.  This blog argues that voter suppression, not electoral security, is the main intention of [...]

The data from Latino Decisions and past surveys indicate that a humane approach to immigration is not only a better short term political strategy, but demographic shifts in the electorate present a compelling argument that a humane approach is a better long term strategy as well – for both political parties.

  My post on Latino Rebels is up.  Thanks to Julio Ricardo Varela for the invitation. The mixed messaging coming from the Party with the announcement of Kobach’s endorsement demonstrates a decided lack of consciousness about the sentiments of Latinos. Perhaps Inclán can change that. She will need to work hard to gain the trust [...]

Stephen Nuño, a political science professor at Northern Arizona University, comments anything Republican can do “to disassociate themselves with a ‘negative’ brand may have some impact in the short term,” but he adds that “a long term strategy will have to go beyond putting lipstick on a pig.”

Well, good for them.  Not unlike adults, teenagers are impressionable people and can be easily influenced to say stupid things.  It was a mistake, but they owned up to it, assuming these are the same girls.  Perhaps this is a genuine apology and they will truly learn from it, perhaps its just a case of [...]

JusticeCoin.com has come out with a commemorative coin to mark the killing of Osama bin Laden. I’m reminded by the words of a good friend who lost his brother in the 9-11 attacks and what he said about retribution and closure following the death of Osama bin Laden. The whole issue of closure means everything [...]

From ImmigrationProf Blog: Eight U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been arrested in connection with the apparent suicide of Pvt. Danny Chen, a 19-year-old infantryman who was Chinese American. The arrests came after family members pressured the Pentagon to investigate allegations that Chen had been repeatedly taunted with racial slurs. The alleged anti-Asian bullying and [...]

Santorum supporters really shouldn’t be too hopeful about their chances from here on because someone is going to notice a very important distinction between Santorum’s 25% and Romney’s 25%, namely that Romney beat Santorum in the most populous counties of Iowa.  Even though Iowa has a small population, the latest census reveals that rural counties [...]