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Election 2012: Register to Vote Before the Deadline

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/27/2012 - 15:05 | 0 Comments

Registering to vote is a crucial first step in fulfilling not just your duty as a U.S. citizen, but it’s important to look past the media hype and ask yourself why is this election important?

Because of 2010 – it’s not just when the Tea Party showed their power in the House of...

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Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Mother Jones Video & What It Means for His Campaign

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/20/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney has somewhat of a reputation for putting his foot in his mouth. But when the liberal magazine Mother Jones posted the video of the 2012 Republican presidential nominee calling 47 percent of...

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Election 2012: Hispanic Heritage Month and Your Vote

By Viviana Hurtado | 09/13/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

You could say that Hispanic Heritage Month (which is the only “celebration” that actually straddles two months – from mid-September to mid-October) started earlier this year, with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Rolling out San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the DNC keynote speaker and Florida...

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Election 2012: Searching for Latino Voter Outreach at the GOP Convention

By Viviana Hurtado | 08/27/2012 - 16:00 | 0 Comments

Tropical Storm Isaac may have delayed the start of the Republican National Convention, but not arguably the biggest party in town which has three important action items on the agenda: officially nominating Mitt Romney – the GOP challenger to President Barack Obama. The second is firing up the...

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Election 2012: Should Gun Control Become a Campaign Issue?

By Viviana Hurtado | 07/26/2012 - 15:00 | 0 Comments

The senseless violence in Aurora, Colorado after James Holmes allegedly shot and killed twelve people at a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises has many Americans calling for drastically stricter gun laws. Except President Obama and likely Republican challenger ...

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Election 2012: What’s the Deal With the GOP Vice President Pick?

By Viviana Hurtado | 05/17/2012 - 15:30 | 0 Comments

With Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich out, likely GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is honing in on a Vice President to complete the Republican ticket.  This process of tapping a running mate is called the “Veepstakes”—a guessing game where bets are being placed on Twitter, cable TV and even in Vegas....

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Election 2012: Mitt Romney’s Latino Problem?

By Viviana Hurtado | 03/15/2012 - 11:16 | 0 Comments

Mitt Romney’s problem may not be the strong challenge to his “inevitable” GOP Presidential nomination Rick Santorum is presenting.  The former Senator from Pennsylvania swept the Mississippi and Alabama primaries, providing proof that southern Evangelical voters don’t believe Romney is conservative enough.  “We did it...

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POLL: Should Marco Rubio be the Next GOP Vice Presidential Nominee?
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POLL: Should Marco Rubio be the Next GOP Vice Presidential Nominee?

By Stacey Rivera | 11/30/2010 - 17:15 | 2 Comments

Marco Rubio hasn’t even begun his term yet but there is already buzz that he could be the Republican nominee for vice president in 2012. Rubio is the Cuban-American senator-elect from Florida who won a hard-fought and highly publicized three-way race against Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meeks.
 
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