Report: Hispanic Chamber to endorse Julian Castro for VP

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Report: Hispanic Chamber to endorse Julian Castro for VP

By Mark Hensch - January 22, 2016, 07:00 pm

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plans on endorsing Housing Secretary Julian Castro for vice president, according to a report from Politico.

“Millions of people living in this country look to Julian as the gatekeeper of American dream,” said Javier Palomarez, the group's president and CEO.

“[We are] happily endorsing him for the vice presidency,” he continued. "We’ve grown to know him. We’ve seen him in action and feel very comfortable endorsing him.”

Palomarez said the organization is not yet endorsing a presidential candidate even though Castro is backing of Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Read more:

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/266774-report-hispanic-chamber-to-push-julian-castro-for-vp

[Metric System]

1. Well that's different.

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10. That is quite different

Chambers of Commerce are right-leaning organizations.

WooHoo!

Dems win.

We're already siphoning off repug votes.

[brooklynite]

29. Prove it...

The US Chamber of Commerce is. State and Local Chambers are different.

Sort like the difference between Socialist and "Democratic" Socialist.

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32. Prove what? They're business organizations, almost always republicans

You gotta know that.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

42. I put minority Chambers in different categories...

Minority entrepreneurship should be supported and encouraged.

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43. Not against encouraging minority businesses but the reality is they still lean right . . .

out of necessity to build business relationships.

If they endorse a dem VP possibility, to me that's YUGE!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

44. Not you

Not you but the charge that liberals discourage entrepreneurship because they want to keep folks in poverty and dependent on them always irked me. There will always be a role for government.

The best social program is a good job and some hope.

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45. Can't disagree with that at all. We're on the same page.

[riversedge]

46. No, my local C of C is very community oriented.

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48. Have any idea of how they vote?

[firebrand80]

2. Something tells me we'll see a lot of Castro in NV

[Thinkingabout]

3. Julian Castro is definitely in the future of the DNC for a while.

[JonLeibowitz]

30. Makes sense. He has shown he values ambition over service. That is valued by the DNC. n/t

[juxtaposed]

4. That's very strange? Why would anyone endorse anyone now???????

I hope this election is not bought and payed for..

[Bjorn Against]

5. Does anyone actually know where Julian Castro stands on the issues?

I keep hearing this guy should be the next Vice President but when I try to find any information about his political views I come up mostly empty.

Take a look at his "On the Issues" page and you will see there is not much there:

http://www.ontheissues.org/Julian_Castro.htm

While I have not seen anything that would make me dislike Castro, I have not seen any reason I should support him either.

I want a VP candidate that has established their views on the issues and not a blank slate that can be molded by the party leaders. If Castro wants to gain my trust then he needs to come out firmly on where he stands on the issues.

[JRLeft]

12. Secretary Julian Castro: Wall Street's Veep?

Right when Wall Street reformers led by progressive champions both inside and outside of Congress seemed to have gained some momentum, we got another sobering reminder of just how deeply the too-big-to-fail behemoths have sunk their talons into our democracy.

This time, it is Julian Castro, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – who may be positioning himself for a nomination to be the next Democratic vice president – providing the massive assist to criminal bankers (emphasis mine):

Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase appeared to score a significant victory Tuesday after the Department of Housing and Urban Development suggested it won't punish lenders for major crimes committed by their corporate parents.

The announcement concerns a requirement that lenders in HUD's mortgage insurance program certify they haven't been convicted of violating federal antitrust laws or other serious crimes. Citi and JPMorgan in May pleaded guilty to felony charges that they broke federal antitrust laws for their traders’ participation in a years-long scheme to manipulate currency markets for profit.Both companies own banks that make mortgages that are later insured by the HUD-overseen Federal Housing Administration.

But on Tuesday, Secretary Julián Castro's housing agency proposed modifying the required certification in a way that would apply only to HUD-registered lenders. The lenders' parent companies wouldn't be on the hook, thus seemingly enabling Citi and JPMorgan's HUD-registered units to continue certifying that they haven't pleaded guilty to federal antitrust charges.

Read more at the link: http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/9/4/1418221/--Secretary-Julian-Castro-Wall-Street-s-Veep

[Bjorn Against]

14. Well no wonder they don't publicize his stances on the issues

This article seems to suggest there is good reason his stances on the issues are rarely talked about, we would not like them if we knew what they were.

[JRLeft]

21. He's a corporatist, you cannot move up as quickly as he has in our

political system without selling out to Wall Street, but he's an inspiring politician.

[Attorney in Texas]

6. Joaquín Castro's gonna be PISSED

[lunamagica]

7. How do you know that?

[Attorney in Texas]

36. I'm kidding. Joaquín Castro is his brother's biggest supporter. Did I really have to use a sarcasm

icon? They are literally twins.

[lunamagica]

37. Oh, OK. Sorry didn't get that you were kidding

[Odin2005]

8. Capitalists support an Establishment tool for VP. Shocking.

[ram2008]

9. As a Hispanic I vote no

Thin resume, no strong record of accomplishments, overly cautious, etc.

He reminds me of a Democratic Rubio.

Oh, and he's being groomed by Bill... he doesn't know Spanish so he's trying to learn...

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/julian-castro-possible-vice-president-218119

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11. Why are you complaining about this?

Chambers of Commerce are always republican organizations.

It's a good thing that they have endorsed a Democrat.

Get it?

We're already siphoning off repug votes.

[Le Taz Hot]

38. While you lose progressive votes.

Republicans aren't switching to support corporate whores, they have plenty of their own to support. They ARE, however, switching to vote for the only progressive running on a national scale and that's Bernie Sanders.

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39. You seem to have missed the point

If chambers of commerce, right-leaning organizations, endorse a dem for VP how does that lose progressive votes?

Sanders could very well choose Castro as his running mate. Let's open our minds a bit. Repugs endorsing a dem is pretty significant.

Why is the inclination here always so divisive — Bernie vs Hillary?

And btw, I'm voting Sanders but will vote Hillary if she wins the primaries.

[Le Taz Hot]

40. Your subject was winning Republican votes.

Republicans are more likely to lean Bernie because they pretty much universally hate Hillary. It's Hillary vs. Bernie because it's primary season and this is the time we weigh these things. And I'm sure the Party is comforted by your blind loyalty. There are less and less of you guys every day.

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41. And how is gaining repug votes for the dem ticket a bad thing? You still haven't . . .

answered that.

You're all over the place in that response. And yeah, I am going to vote for the nominee whoever it is and proud of it, although I hope it's Sanders, as I want a Democrat making the upcoming SCOTUS appointments.

Guess you find fault in that too?

And this party would be better off with less "my way or the highway" mopes who help repugs win with their stubborn refusal to vote if their candidate doesn't get the nom.

[Prism]

13. Meh, nah

It's funny, I just took a break from reading a long article about him to read this post.

I don't think he's a good pick. His experience seems a bit flimsy. And it's a little cynical. They're making him learn Spanish so he can be "authentically" Latino (he doesn't speak Spanish very well).

He'd be a cynical pick.

Here's the article I'm reading:

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/julian-castro-possible-vice-president-218119

[MeNMyVolt]

20. Of course you don't.

[Prism]

23. Yes, I don't like inauthentic identity politics

It's offensive. They want to "spanish him up" to make him seem more Latino.

That's just offensive as hell to me. I have a lot of Latino family, and the fact they want to fake this guy to make him appealing is as cynical as it fucking gets.

Of course you're fine with it. Minorities are just tools to be manipulated, obviously. That's just the Clinton Way.

[MeNMyVolt]

24. They want to "spanish up" Castro?

Slowly backing away from the keyboard....

[Prism]

26. You clearly did not read the article

He doesn't speak Spanish. Bill Clinton told him to get fluent in it so he would have broader appeal as a Latino.

They want to shape him into something he is not in order to enhance his racial appeal. They want to pretend his experience away as a first generation Latino in order to make him resonate more with Latino voters.

They want to shape and mold him for demographic purposes.

Latino concerns and interests? Kind of important. Making sure a candidate sounds authentic? The most important thing in the world.

It's just another brick in Hillary's wall of total fakeness.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. I heard him speak

he's not very exciting

[Fawke Em]

17. Very establishment. I agree.

[Fawke Em]

16. Uh... since when is this someone besides the candidate's choice?

[madville]

18. Weak choice for VP

In no way qualified.

[madville]

19. It's a popular idea

for whatever reason, other than he is Latino, I couldn't tell you.

I did just read today though that he has started to learn to speak Spanish recently though.

[madville]

27. No. How is that a Presidential qualification?

I live in a city with almost the same population as San Antonio, I wouldn't say my last few mayors were qualified to be President/Vice President either based on that specific job experience.

[jfern]

25. He's a massively overrated 3rd wayer

[Live and Learn]

28. Sorry, I don't think Bernie will pick him. nt

[demwing]

31. i wish I could add a smilie to a subject line

[Gothmog]

33. Yeah

I hope that Sec. Julian Castro is the next Vice President

[JRLeft]

34. Secretary Julian Castro: Wall Street's Veep?

Right when Wall Street reformers led by progressive champions both inside and outside of Congress seemed to have gained some momentum, we got another sobering reminder of just how deeply the too-big-to-fail behemoths have sunk their talons into our democracy.

This time, it is Julian Castro, Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – who may be positioning himself for a nomination to be the next Democratic vice president – providing the massive assist to criminal bankers (emphasis mine):

Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase appeared to score a significant victory Tuesday after the Department of Housing and Urban Development suggested it won't punish lenders for major crimes committed by their corporate parents.

The announcement concerns a requirement that lenders in HUD's mortgage insurance program certify they haven't been convicted of violating federal antitrust laws or other serious crimes. Citi and JPMorgan in May pleaded guilty to felony charges that they broke federal antitrust laws for their traders’ participation in a years-long scheme to manipulate currency markets for profit.Both companies own banks that make mortgages that are later insured by the HUD-overseen Federal Housing Administration.

But on Tuesday, Secretary Julián Castro's housing agency proposed modifying the required certification in a way that would apply only to HUD-registered lenders. The lenders' parent companies wouldn't be on the hook, thus seemingly enabling Citi and JPMorgan's HUD-registered units to continue certifying that they haven't pleaded guilty to federal antitrust charges.

http://m.dailykos.com/story/2015/9/4/1418221/--Secretary-Julian-Castro-Wall-Street-s-Veep

[JRLeft]

47. He's bought and paid for by the financial services industry.