Latinos Saved Jerry Brown, Michael Bennet, Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid

[tabatha]

And Harry Reid’s surprisingly easy victory over Sharon Angle is largely credited to Latino turnout. In particular, an anti-illegal immigration ad run by Angle during the campaign that depicted Latinos are illegals and criminals irritated and even offended many Latinos.

In California, it was a record Latino turnout with one of every five votes (22%) in California being cast by a Latino. That explains why Jerry Brown had such a surprisingly easy victory in the Governor’s race versus Meg Whitman and why Barbara Boxer was re-elected in the Senate race versus Carly Fiorina. Both races were supposed to be tight, in fact Boxer’s seat was thought to be in great peril by Democrats, but no one expected the Latino turnout to be so strong.

The head of the California Latino Caucus is Democrat State Senator Gil Cedillo of Los Angeles, who was a key figure in getting the Latino vote to turn out for Jerry Brown in California.

“Nationally, the Latinos are changing the game. And today, they are a loyal Democratic constituency,” said Gil Cedillo.

But Cedillo points out that a lot of the Democratic success in attracting the Latino vote is because the Republicans seem to going out of their way to antagonize Latino voters.

http://newshawksreview.com/latinos-saved-jerry-brown-michael-bennet-barbara-boxer-and-harry-reid/41994/

[Tippy]

1. K&R...Latinos will one day out number Dems, Reps and Indeps...

That is why Rep's want them out of USA....but I think they are to late so their next move will be to promise them the world to become Rep's. Will they remember?

[bdamomma]

2. the next election in 2012 should prove interesting

hopefully Latinos will vote Dems in again. We all know the repigs will not do anything for the people.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

5. This is why I worry about Marco Rubio.

[Bucky]

9. Ironically, "marcorubio" is a Spanish word, meaning...

"Michael Steel"

[thereismore]

18. He will be a repig candidate for president one day. nt

[marmar]

19. The Cuban American vote in Florida is unique; I wouldn't worry about him too much.

nt

[bullwinkle428]

3. Proof that the 'Pukes ultimately cannot hide the inherent racism

that lurks within!

[DCKit]

4. I guess they're probably going to rethink that "Don't Vote" advertising.

Thanks for handing U.S. the wins douchebags.

[Arkana]

6. And herein lies the key to 2012--the Latino vote.

[otohara]

7. Viva

- chances of Latinos going back to the GOP after all this race baiting are slim to none.

[EFerrari]

8. I don't think Latinos have been "with" the GOP for decades.

The GOP occasionally claims they are but their numbers always turn out to be bs.

ETA: Latinos are the youngest voting block in the country except for the actual youth vote. And they are mostly working people.

[otohara]

10. They Connected w/ GWB

as I recall.

[EFerrari]

12. No, that's just what Rove said. It turned out to be bs.

George Bush claimed all kinds of "values voters" that no one could ever find.

[KamaAina]

11. I thought they got told not to vote

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[slackmaster]

13. Most of them can't read English, so the message was lost

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

14. I was watching the new cable channel "VMe" before the election

and they were running a very nice "go vote" PSA type thingy.

[otohara]

15. And in the Case of Bennet - Liberals

even though he avoids us like the plague, disses us, or lumps us in with the "extreme on both sides"

Turd Sandwich vs Douchebag... I chose the Douche

[gratuitous]

16. There is a pernicious subtext, as well

And one that Democrats would be wise to exploit. It's not apparent in the excerpted passage in the original post, but you will definitely hear it when the Republicans make their analysis of the Latino vote: That is, that Democrats get elected thanks to the suspicious votes of people who aren't "real" Americans. Real Americans are, of course, defined as white, mostly male, older, and for whom the system as presently rigged works just fine. And if only we would just allow that voice to be heard, all would be right (and white) with America.

Democrats don't have to hammer the point, but simply point out that we are proud to appeal to all Americans, not just those on top.

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. Latinos are a very important bunch of voters.

If the Democratic party is smart it will pay close attention in 2012, and all of the time in between now and then.