Over 80% of districts reporting and all of Arnie’s props are being rejected. No brainer prediction: NO on them all. Buh bye!
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As a follow-up to some recent posts on California gubernatorial candidates’ courting of the Latino vote via Spanish-language ad campaigns and town hall meetings, I offer you some excerpts from a piece from today’s edition of the LA Daily News:
The governor taped a town-hall forum on Spanish-language Univision that aired statewide over the weekend, even as opponents launched their first Spanish-language TV ads featuring Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attacking the governor’s proposals.The high-profile events are just the latest campaign efforts aimed at courting the 2 million Latinos registered to vote in California, accounting for 14 percent of the statewide electorate.
Arnie realizes he needs Latinos
And tries to appease them via a community meeting attended by “hand-selected” Latinos. San Jose’s Mercury News reports:
Schwarzenegger began the meeting where he’d left off in a televised debate Monday night, touting his Nov. 8 slate of ballot initiatives as the remedy for a “broken system” of governing in Sacramento.
But a barrage of questions from the Spanish-language audience sent the governor into territory he’d worked to avoid since the campaign began: immigrant driver’s licenses, the state’s relationship with Mexico, his record of judicial appointments and social services for immigrants.
He and his advisors must be pretty naive if they think they cold put him in a room with nothing but Latinos (however hand-selected) and not get hit with Latino-related issue questions. And he’s still trying to live down that “close the border” comment he made — the one he attributes to a problem with the English language (which admittedly after over 30 years in this country, he seems to struggle with). Unfortunately for him, conservatives have taken it upon themselves to never let anyone forget this comment. They are emblazoning it on bumper stickers that say “Join Arnold. Close the Border”.
And he’s still trying to live down that “close the border” comment he made — the one he attributes to a problem with the English language…
The new bumper stickers and lawn signs were made by the California Republican Assembly, a conservative group headed by Mike Spence.
He said the signs and bumper stickers went over well at the recent Republican Party convention in Anaheim. “One of the Minutemen took them to the border.”
Oops. It’s going to take a lot more than community meetings and some broken Spanish added to his broken English to win the Latino vote. His own supporters are doing him a disservice via a grass roots campaign that seems designed to destroy him.
Via / San Jose Mercury News
Photo: Michael Maloney, San Francisco Chronicle
Candidates battling via ads in Spanish
The political heat is on here in California. With gubernatorial elections looming, the candidates are ready to take pot shots at each other in their new language of choice: español.
Candidate for governor Steve Westly has already begun his campaign, and Mr. Schwarznegger is launching one of his own in the near future:
Westly ad: “Sus iniciativas perjudicaran a nuestros ninos, nuestros masestros y a la gente trabajadora.” (“His initiatives will be a detriment to our children, our teachers and working people.”)
Less than two weeks ago, the governor’s campaign team launched their own Spanish language ads supporting Propositions 74 to 77. Interestingly, Schwarzenegger is not in them.
Schwarzenegger ad: “Es preferable controlar gastos y balancear el presupuesto que aumentar impuestos.” (It’s better to control costs and balance the budget, than to raise taxes.”)
The governor is going to need a lot more than Spanish ads to court Latinos. He’s pretty much in bad with every minority group imaginable in this state, including Latinos, who according to the 2000 census (and unfortunately for him) represent 32% of the population of California. Maybe that’s why he’s spending one million dollars on the ad campaign while his opponent only a quarter of that. Good luck, Arnie…and good riddance!
Via / ABC 7 News
Anti-Arnold: We have to drive to survive
California Latino activists are not happy with the Governator this month (neither are teachers, nurses or gays) after his October 7th veto of a bill that would allow drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants. Perhaps where the pang of such a denial is most deeply felt is in Los Angeles. To call L.A. a sprawling metropolis is an understatement. It is the definition of sprawl, and the painful reminder of the failure of American urban planning and the automotive industry’s death vice on this country since cars were invented.
To live in L.A., to survive, means to drive. Angelinos spend A LOT of time in their cars. You need a car to get to work, and to drive that car legally, you need a license. Immigrants are here to work, yet they are being denied that necessary piece of documentation. Activists are speaking out and saying just that:
“The people need driver’s licenses. They are workers, not terrorists, and deserve respect and dignity,” said Cedillo, who pledged to reintroduce the bill as many times as it takes to get it passed. “Broken promises” are unacceptable, he said. “On Nov. 8, we will vote no on Propositions 74, 75, 76 and 77!”
Props 74, 75, 76 and 77 refer to the various state propositions being made by the Governor which will be voted on next month. The anti-Arnold rally for immigrants’ rights is set for October 27th at 4:00 pm in Los Angeles’ Pershing Square.
Via / Indybay.org and Google News
