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Thanks Billie - I am super optimistic that Arizona...

2012-02-14T12:54:10.105-06:00

Thanks Billie - I am super optimistic that Arizona is going to change. American History is a progress to better things.

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I have to take my medications against craziness, because I am a super Obama Fan, and all the polls, bets, stars, tarots, and crystall balls are telling me that Obama is going to win by a Big Landslide

Even the flight of birds and patterns of lightning announce a Big Obama Win in November 6, 2012

Obama attracts 44% of whites (compared to 43% in 2008) and 79% of non-whites (compared to 80% in 2008). Obama attracts 49% of whites with at least a four year college degree (compared to 47% against McCain) and 41% of whites without one (compared to 40% in 2008)

Against McCain, Obama won 56 percent of women; Pew finds him drawing 59 percent against Romney. Obama is starting to advance in the white working-class "waitress moms" who strongly preferred McCain. Romney's image among independents has sharply deteriorated.

No wonder that Casinos, Gamblers, Bettors and Bookies are betting at a rate of 60% for President Obama. Bet 60 dollars to win 100 minus taxes and fees ( in case that Obama wins reelection ).

http://decoded.nationaljournal.com/2012/02/obamas-coalition.php

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That sounds great, Vicente. Where oppression is wo...

2012-01-19T11:48:04.368-06:00

That sounds great, Vicente. Where oppression is worst, resistance is greatest. You're aware, no doubt, of the Tucson controversy over cancellation of Mexican-American Studies? I need to post about that. It really bothers me: sleepless night last night.

Arizona : Organizations and groups who have ve bee...

2012-01-19T11:27:34.890-06:00

Arizona : Organizations and groups who have ve been fighting on a grassroots level against SB 1070 are now turning their attention to voter registration, get out the vote, and throwing their support behind political candidates, on every level, from city council to U.S. Congres

The genie is out of the bottle now, Latinos in Arizona realize that Republicans are against them. SB 1070-inspired a big protest movement that was very intense, but that level of intensity is not sustainable forever. That’s when people began to run for city council and school board and the state legislature and Congress. The idea was to take the ethos of the grassroots movement to the establishment.

NewsTaco.com
Anti-Latino Politics in Arizona spurs New Political Leadership
By Sara Inés Calderón
January 18, 2012

http://www.newstaco.com/2012/01/18/anti-latino-politics-in-az-spurs-new-political-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anti-latino-politics-in-az-spurs-new-political-leadership

Some excerpts :

The anti-Latino political environment that has characterized Arizona’s state politics for the past several years is beginning to have it unintended consequence: empowering Latinos in that state to run for public office. What it comes down to is that organizations and groups of people who’ve been fighting on a grassroots level to combat the policies of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and SB 1070 are now turning their attention to voter registration, get out the vote, and throwing their support behind political candidates, on every level, from city council to U.S. Congress.

NewsTaco spoke to a couple beneficiaries of this political environment, as well as the state Democratic Party. As Arpaio is a Republican, and SB 1070 was proposed and signed by Republican politicians, the Democratic Party in Arizona has emerged as the party of choice for Latinos looking to shake up the state of affairs there. And, we’ve been told that the Barack Obama campaign, as well as the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, are investing in these young Latino leaders and organizers in hopes of boosting registration and voter turnout.

Currently there are about 500,000 registered Latino voters in Arizona; 47% are registered as Democrats, 15% as Republicans and 37% as independents.

“SB 1070 certainly served as a rallying point, and we’ve seen consistent evidence of that with an exciting level of enthusiasm across the party heading into 2012,” Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director Andy Barr told NewsTaco. “All the new leaders and organizers who we’ve had step up in the party has already led to electoral success – helping boost turnout for our recent victories in Phoenix and Tucson, as well as in the recall of the bill’s author, Russell Pearce.”

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