In Political Affairs, a Chicano Marxist, Rosalio Muñoz, offers his perspective on the passing of Congressman Edward R. Roybal:
In these days when we face the vicious far right politics of Bush and Schwarzenegger, we need to keep in mind the correlation of the organization grassroots based coalition and the ability of progressive politicians to make […]

In today’s California Morning Report, both sides are spinning furiously:

Also from the CRT – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s standing with Latino voters is on the rise, according to multiple polls and the San Francisco Chronicle. The bump in the polls comes just weeks after several major Latino organizations endorsed the Governor’s reform agenda and the Governor’s […]

One of the ways that Senator Corzine is campaigning to Latino voters is by hinting that if he is elected governor, he will appoint Congressman Bob Menendez to replace him in the U.S. Senate. Miguel Perez has the story in NorthJersey.com:
“I do hint at it, because I am the senator who worked to elect Ken […]

On the one hand, Schwarzenegger is taking advantage of his friendship with major contributor (over $3 million) and Univision owner, Jerry Perenchio, to get an hour’s worth of airtime on the station so that the governor can make a case for his initiatives to Spanish-speaking Latinos in this November’s special election. On the other […]

From the Capitol Morning Report:

UCLA has named former Gov. Gray Davis and former Sen. Jim Brulte as Distinguished Policy Fellows for the 2005-2006 school year at its its School of Public Affairs. As such, they’ll teach undergraduate classes in public policy, lecture and participate on panels. For instance, both will attend a UCLA conference Friday […]

Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire mentions that Governor Pataki of New York will be visiting California to raise money for his own presidential bid. Pataki strikes me as the opposite of Senator George Allen: all competence, no charm. Looks like he’s hoping the primary process is a meritocracy rather than a popularity contest. The last Republican […]

I get asked all the time who I think the Republican nominee might be. Given that there are 1005 days to the 2008 general election, I have to admit I haven’t given it much thought. Today’s Hotline on Call reports that no less an authority than Sean Hannity is declaring Senator George Allen of Virginia […]

In the Sunday New York Times Magazine, Dean Murphy describes some of the devils in the details of redistricting. For example, voters say they want competitive districts but they tend to move to areas where their neighbors are politically like-minded:
A top priority of Proposition 77 is to keep cities and counties whole. That would make […]

Putting AMLO in the same boat as Chavez strikes me as a bit of a stretch…AMLO may be counting on the votes of the very poor to get him the presidency, but he’s not being much more of a firebrand populist in the Mexican context than John Edwards is is in the American context.

Latina Lista poses the following question:
Soon, our numbers will rival the Anglo population. Yet, will we be able to put aside our desires to elect Latinos/as and vote colorblind based only on qualifications/experience?
VivirLatino (funny how the name loses the alliteration in the translation) continues the discussion.
Being a pollster, I thought I would offer a statistic. […]