From Tea Party to Tequila Party? Latinos are Getting Restless

[pampango]

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/hsn-network/details/from-tea-party-to-tequila-party-latinos-are-getting-restless/6466/

Inspired by how the Tea Party shook up the Republican establishment from the right, Latino activists are threatening to form a “Tequila Party” to challenge President Obama and the Democratic establishment from the left.

According to a recent poll by ImpreMedia and Latino Decisions, President Obama’s job approval rating among Latinos is still at 70 percent. Yet only 43 percent of Latino voters are sure they will vote for him next year. One reason they give is Obama’s broken promise to pursue comprehensive immigration reform. This doesn’t translate into support for the GOP; only 9 percent said they would definitely vote for a Republican candidate, and another 8 percent said they might.

In 2009 and 2010, Democrats — in control of both the White House and Congress –- put immigration reform on the back burner to concentrate on health care, trade, global warming, education, and other matters. And finally, during last year’s lame duck session, five Senate Democrats – Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Kay Hagen of North Carolina, and Jon Tester and Max Baucus of Montana – voted against cloture on the DREAM Act and prevented the bill from moving to a final vote.

And yet, as bad as Democrats have been on immigration, Republicans have been worse by making the issue one of “us” vs “them” — and putting Latinos squarely in the “them” category.

[xchrom]

1. interesting. nt

[old mark]

2. The "Democrats" in power have not given US Latinos much except increased immigration enforcement.

The GOP openly despises them, and the Democrats ignore them...Sounds like us retarded professional leftists, huh?

mark