Shane Goldmacher of the LA Times reports today on Carly Fiorina’s attempt to reach out to Latinos in her bid to unseat Senator Barbara Boxer. Fiorina pandered to the right in order to secure the Republican nomination by expressing her support for Arizona’s immigration crackdown. Now she is resorting to tired cliches about Latino perspectives […]

The family of one my USC students and the LA Times combined to do a question and answer session about health care reform well worth reading.
I am frequently asked if I think that Obama’s impending health care success will dramatically improve prospects for Democrats in November. Unfortunately, I fear that it won’t. Health care […]

Today, I attended a fundraiser for Senator Barbara Boxer at the house of Laurie David headlined by Vice President Al Gore. Senator Boxer told of the tough words she had for Senator Lisa Murkowski on the Senate floor as the Alaska Republican commenced an effort to use parliamentary tricks to prevent the EPA from regulating […]

In 2004, Senator Reid got a majority of the white vote (58 percent) against a weak opponent (Richard Ziser). Senator Kerry, on the other hand, only got 43 percent of the white vote in Nevada. Given that whites were 77 percent of the 2004 electorate, Reid won (61 percent to 35 percent) and Kerry lost […]

A key part of the Republican strategy to hold the governor’s office and the state house in Texas is to keep African-American and Hispanic turnout at manageable levels. For example, Republicans think that the fact that Barack Obama is not on the ballot in HD 133 will help them defeat Kristi Thibaut. But it’s not […]