VivirLatino

I never thought that my first official post regarding the 2012 U.S. presidential election and the campaigns to get there would be focusing on Newt Gingrich, Spanish language hater turned ghetto language lover and Republican presidential wannabe.

But here we go.

This video, via the Christian Science Monitor, was in VivirLatino’s inbox and features Gingrich talking about himself as the real “change” candidate which makes me wonder if this will be the regurgitated buzzword of the campaign trail. What I found really interesting, was that in talking to this small group, was the way Gingrich challenges Obama’s use (or really lack thereof) of Executive Orders. Needless to say ( I hope), while I am not in agreement with any of the Executive Orders Gingrich is all hyped up about signing if he were voted in (shudder), in the context of the DREAM Act and Obama’s continuous denial of the ability to do anything to protect DREAMers, I think we have an interesting opportunity for follow-up and pushing. Obama is using the DREAM Act as a fundraising buzz word while his Department of Homeland Security keeps putting DREAMers in deportation.