Tag Archives: Latina Magazine
On Tuesday, the Latina Vote Can Make History
November 5, 2012
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These days every time I turn on the TV or radio, I hear an anchor, a campaign operative or an analyst telling us: “This is the most important election in your lifetime.” Really? Why? I’ll leave it to the experts Read More...
“Binders Full of Women” or the Presidential Debate Re-Match
October 23, 2012
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This was the debate between the two men vying to be President Americans were waiting for. President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney sparred on domestic and foreign policy, at times interrupting and talking over each other, hurling accusations of Read More...
Big Bird May Trade Sesame Street for Skid Row or Prez Debates Round 1
October 8, 2012
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The pressure was on Mitt Romney to deliver a strong performance at the first presidential debate before the millions of Americans who tuned in. He showed up with his “A” game. President Obama did not. The Denver debate focused on Read More...
What the Taco Bell Chihuahua Taught Me about Election 2012
September 14, 2012
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You could say that Hispanic Heritage Month (which is the only “celebration” that actually straddles two months–from mid-September to mid-October) started earlier with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions which I covered. Rolling out San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as 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...
GOP VP
August 26, 2012
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From the archives of my Latina Magazine weekly Election 2012 column: With Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich out, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is honing in on a Vice President to complete the Republican ticket. For political junkies and the media, this process of tapping Read More...
When Pros are Cons and Cons are Pros: GOP VP Pick Paul Ryan
August 14, 2012
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Mitt Romney was so overcome with emotion while introducing Paul Ryan as his running mate to challenge President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in November, that he bellowed, “the next President of the United States!” Once the snark Read More...
