GOP Sees Latino Model in Pearce, NM-2; Dems See Opportunity
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 23rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
GOP Sees Latino Model in Pearce, NM-2; Dems See Opportunity
Caitlin Huey-Burns, RealClearPolitics
The last part in a weeklong special report, “Hispanic Voters: Trends and Opportunities,” running this week and sponsored by Univision. When Republicans began looking for ways to win over some of the Latino vote they so badly lost in the 2012 presidential race, their national party chairman pointed to a congressional district that spans the southern half of New Mexico. The massive and rural district that extends to the Mexico border is something of a rarity these days: The predominantly Latino area is represented a white, conservative Republican. His name is Steve Pearce. In 2012, he garnered…
The Media and the Mob
Thomas Sowell, RealClearPolitics
Those of us who admit that we were not there, and do not know what happened when Michael Brown was shot by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, seem to be in the minority. We all know what has happened since then — and it has been a complete disgrace by politicians, the media and mobs of rioters and looters. Despite all the people who act as if they know exactly what happened, nevertheless when the full facts come out, that can change everything. This is why we have courts of law, instead of relying on the media or mobs. But politics is undermining law. On the eve of a grand jury being…
