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.”