Arnold and Latinos: Having It Both Ways?
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 hand, Schwarzenegger is finding himself unhelpfully co-opted by the anti-immigrant crowd who used the coverage surrounding the governor’s efforts with Latinos as a platform to push their own slogan: “Join Arnold. Close the Border.”
Aaron C. Davis and Laura Kurtzman of the San Jose Mercury-News have the story:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday tried reaching out to Latino voters who helped propel him to the governorship two years ago but turned away from him after he shifted to the right and praised vigilantes trying to stop migrants at the border.
