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Viviana on the O’Reilly Factor: Viewers Have Your Say
December 21, 2012
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After I appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, my inbox flooded with mix of comments: some good points from all sides; false accusations of being a Republican AND others of being a Democrat; name-calling, i.e. “sell-out” sent by someone who created an Read More...
Latino Voters: ¿Obama Claus or Mitt Romney?
November 16, 2012
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Does anyone remember the iconic ”Don’t Speak?” scenes in Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” when Dianne Wiest orders John Cusack’s to be quiet? No one likes to be chiteado, especially women and Latinas. For good reason: in many contexts, our voices and Read More...
The Latino Vote: The Way Forward
November 12, 2012
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The day after the election a friend posted on my Facebook page, the “Latino Vote –unfrigginbelievable.” She’s right. Many factors contributed to President Obama’s re-election. But few are as important as the Latino vote. Hispanics made up 10 percent of Read More...
Univision Candidate Forum Big Loser? Not the Prez, Not the Guv, But the Commish on Presidential Debates
September 24, 2012
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Your humble Tweeter-in-Chief was glued to her computer screen to watch the Univision Candidates Forum and tweet out to the universo what Governor Romney on Wednesday followed by President Obama had to say. ¡Momento! Aren’t there normally four debates, one each Read More...
To Understand Mitt Romney’s Immigration Posición, You First Must Rewind
September 20, 2012
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Before 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney addressed immigration to amigos at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce conference, he brought it up at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa which I covered. This emotional hot button issue was reduced to a Read More...
DNC 2012: President Obama Asks for Your Vote
September 10, 2012
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When Barack Obama took the stage at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC), he accepted his re-nomination for President, making the case for why Americans should re-elect him. The signature Obama rhetoric that reached for the sky gave way to a speech grounded in Read More...
DNC 2012: (Re)-Introducing Barack Obama
September 10, 2012
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Charlotte, North Carolina If voters had any doubt about Barack Obama, the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte, North Carolina seeks to cast them away. Speaker after speaker has been tasked with personalizing the President, standing up for his character, and arguing Read More...
La Voz de Pueblo RNC 2012: the Taxi Cab Interview
August 30, 2012
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Tampa, Florida What’s the word on the street here in Tampa which is hosting more than 50,000 people for the 2012 National Republican Convention? Who better to ask than a taxi driver. I mean think about it. They talk to Read More...
