links for 2008-01-28

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  1. dnA wrote:

    Carmen,

    Gregory Rodriguez does a pretty great job of debunking the alleged conflict between blacks and latinos in politics in a column for the LAT today. It’s pretty gross that Newsweek would reference Hutchinson without noting he is a Clinton supporter.

    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-rodriguez28jan28,1,5057018.column?ctrack=1&cset=true

  2. Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:

    Thx dnA – will include in tomorrow’s links

  3. Not a Number wrote:

    JJ’s still willing to ride both sides of the fence to prove he’s still relevant while vouching for Bill’s “blackness”
    http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/jackson-not-upset-by-clinton-remarks/

    Funny that Sen. Ted’s endorsement today will prob help Sen. O gain more Latino and Asian votes ahead in CA, TX, MA, NY, and PA, despite Sen. C’s attempts to “darken” his appeal.

    Not so good that beast got let out of cage on Obama, and the temptation to retaliate on their crap (Whitewater, Hillary’s role in attacking the women Bill cheated with while gov/prez, etc) now sits there.

    Upsetting that interests of hope and opportunity fall interest group opportunism. First black president or first woman president: fly right and play straight and dump them nasty acts around you who rather win at all costs than fight the good fight. There’s a reason them old hacks never won before…

    Good that the Dem party leaders, especially in Congress, said enough of this crap. You can tell there’s some real weird stuff and bad blood left over from Bill’s administration though, especially when they lost all those seats and never got much done. Payback time for Billary…

    Sad that it took the media so look to catch on to all this, and they’re using race and gender as the shield and sword when convenient against real issues affecting real people.

  4. BreakMeAGimme wrote:

    George Lopez, where’s your tv show? That’s right, it got dumped, because no one was watching it!

    Do any of the serious candidates rely on the star power, versus the political or business name power, during the primaries, as opposed to the general elections? It’s all about fundraising and the nominations, not getting out the vote. You earn just as much credibility and have to deliver the money and the people relationships, not just your ego, right?

    The Dems have Latino powerbrokers and student leaders going to bat for them already, and the Republicans do to. Lopez is trying to ride the coattails so he can get media attention again.

    The blogger thing is more interesting. VivirLatino shouldn’t take it a “snub” personally. Obama, aloof and goofy as all sin when it comes to the press, has long been known to snub *all* media equally in order to create a no-spin zone for his campaign:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/27/AR2008012702160.html

    Neither good nor bad, just different at least. He’s not made any real attempt to “win” press over to his side, whereas Clinton has tried too hard to assume they were already there…