This drawn out Republican primary may be characterized as the season of the stolen kiss. The GOP has since the beginning of this election exhibited a reluctance to embrace Mitt Romney, but has nonetheless allowed him to steadily advance in the delegate race.

“Part of reason nativist groups exist and descend into violence like that of Shawna Ford is because they have a deep sense of entitlement to power that they feel has been violated,” he says.

“I am really kind of surprised at how persistent the ‘anti-Romney’ vote is,” says Stephen Nuño, a political scientist at Northern Arizona University. “A segment of Republicans don’t want to believe he will be the candidate,” he adds.

Mitt Romney has had the toughest time throughout the primary trying to maintain a broad appeal, yet the message from Arizona was that he could indeed be all things to all people. This was an important boost for his sluggish campaign as he goes into Super Tuesday, and if Arizona’s schizophrenic challenge was any indicator, [...]

“English-only laws are about what they have always been about — power.”

“If you did the same thing in California there would be more than one Asian guy,” he says. “As a Latino I’m not offended by this at all. I appreciate how people understand how inclusive of a term Latino is. I actually think it’s a good thing.

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.