Tag Archives: Viviana Hurtado
What’s Wrong with National Voter Registration Day
September 26, 2012
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Very little, except that like any “holiday” most people will get excited, Twitter will burn down, and then everyone goes back to her solitary lane in life. Not me. I want to push you to not just register which is 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...
Mitt Romney’s Porcentages: ¿1, 47, or 100?
September 21, 2012
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Mitt Romney is known for putting his foot in his mouth. But when the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted the video of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee calling 47% of Obama voters “freeloaders,” political junkies, average Americans, and campaign strategists 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...
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...
Sometimes When You Hangear, You Get Quoted
September 10, 2012
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Charlotte, North Carolina. The email came in the middle of…oh heck, I don’t know since the last two weeks have been a blur once I hit the road firstly to Tampa, Florida for the 2012 Republican National Convention, then Charlotte Read More...
DNC 2012: ¿Latinos, Interrupted?
September 10, 2012
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Charlotte, North Carolina “This is a big night for our community.” “El Julián is going to go national after tonight.” San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro opened the 2012 Democratic National Convention, one sign of the Obama campaign’s aggressive outreach to Latinos, 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...
