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Clinton at Risk of Losing Latino Vote

cnn.com — "A recent Gallup survey found Obama in a slight, but not statistically significant, lead over Clinton among Latinos. Obama-mania has gone multicultural. And it's about time."

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  • skyt188, on 02/28/2008, -7/+44viva obama!
    • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -5/+19You know, watching the changing attitudes toward various presidential candidates on digg has been just the most fascinating thing ever. I just love watching which candidates become popular, and which candidates become loathed and despised. Of course, I majored in psychology, so that sort of thing is what I live for (though I'm not actually going into psychology as a career), so I understand if nobody else cares, but still... it's a lot of fun, for me anyway.

      Also, I love how "Obama rules, Hillary drools" type comments are the new "in" thing. Never would've seen that coming. Don't get me wrong, I'm personally in favor of Obama, but it just weirds me out how someone can make an "Obama rulz!" comment and then get a ton of diggs.
      • GuacamoleSan, on 02/28/2008, -16/+3actually they aren't "in" and you clearly think too highly of yourself for you own good. Little note about diggers: we don't care what you enjoy.
        • FeloniusMonkey, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5We also don't care to hear petty self-righteous putdowns like yours. Go back to your bridge.
      • TheBogie, on 02/28/2008, -2/+9Maybe, just maybe, the people on this site have been paying attention? And they honestly think Hilliary is a terrible candidate and Obama is a good one?

        Obama handed Hilliary her ass on a silver platter in that last debate. He totally owned her ass six ways till Sunday. Made her look like a right fool for all the world to see.

        After an ass whoopin like that, how can you not expect a few "OMG Obama PWNS!! LOL" posts to get lots of diggs?
        • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -1/+1I don't disagree about Obama... Eh, maybe I'm just too jaded by politics to really get excited or anything.
      • Spoomeister, on 02/28/2008, -1/+12Obama rulz!
        • BrendanSheehan, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1Exactly! This guy can major in whatever he wants, but common sense you are born with. The reason people digg up this comment is because they believe it, and they believe it cause Obama is a very intelligent man, and great speaker and they believe in him - unlike Hilary. Obama 08!
        • offspring06, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Hillary drools
      • pcore, on 02/28/2008, -2/+5I don't find it very surprising that a lot of people started going for Obama. A lot of people realized that Ron Paul was not an option.
      • mustbepatient, on 02/28/2008, -1/+6Honestly, I don't think the political attitudes on Digg have changed at all since I started watching. Digg users appear to simply be for change. There have been four big change candidates this election - Gravel, Kucinich, Paul, and Obama. Three are effectively gone (unfortunately, since I'm a Paul supporter), so Obama should be the only candidate left that you should expect to see support for on Digg.
      • Nanobe, on 02/29/2008, -0/+5Once it became clear that Ron Paul didn't have a chance, a lot of his supporters switched to Obama. From a policy point of view, that must seem really odd, but I don't think it was policy that made up their minds. Personally, I feel honesty and integrity are extremely important. If I can't trust you, then it really doesn't matter what positions you claim to hold. In this sense, I don't view Hillary Clinton as much different from President Bush. She's up to the same dirty political tactics, the same chronic dishonesty, and the same kinds of connections with special interests that will prevent her from consistently acting in the people's best interests. I don't think Obama is perfect by any means, but I feel like I can trust him to act in the interest of the American people, and he also has a message and charisma that I think will inspire a lot of people in a very positive way.

        I do prefer Ron Paul's direction of a less powerful executive and more focus on personal freedoms and local laws. But compared to Hillary Clinton and John McCain, I think Obama is without a doubt the best realistic candidate for the office.
      • aywwts4, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3One thing you may not be considering in you psychological analysis is that it might not be the effect of groupthink, with everyone trying to be "in", digg is a very homogeneous crowd, speaking in generalizations the average digger is around 24, white, college educated, tech savvy, libertarian / left leaning believers in civil liberties and slightly paranoid (also we hate tazers). What attracted many of us to digg is that there is a forum filled with people who are interested in the same kind of stuff as we are which 99% of the world doesn't give a crap about. I would imagine if digg never existed ron paul might not have been quite as popular simply because we never would have heard of him, but I still think digg users would have gravitated twords him, and similarly away from Hillary/Mccain once Paul proved an impossibility. I really think what you really have here isn't an exercise in groupthink, its a small extremely focused demographic.

        (Cue the 75 year old mexican republican digger outrage)
      • Emceay, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0Obama supporters have been around since the start, but he hadn't started kicking enough obvious ass to cheer about yet.
    • pintomp3, on 02/28/2008, -0/+13obama es bueno
  • SheilaNoya, on 02/28/2008, -6/+31Maybe Hillary needs to stop making crappy Hispanic ads and make a good one like Obama's campaign has:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fd-MVU4vtU
    • danio, on 02/28/2008, -0/+13"Doesn't matter if you're from Houston, Dallas, Corpus Christi or El Paso"

      "What matters is that you vote for Obama!"
    • Spektr4, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ky8Hvq-F0U&eurl=
      • SheilaNoya, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2Very touching video. Thanks - I had't seen that one before.
    • Zaius, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6I wish all political ads were as upbeat as this
    • JohnFrum, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3Like it. But he's singing in spanish AND the subtitles are in spanish. What?
      • iceschade, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3It's for the deaf Latinos.
      • mitsch, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2Time to learn spanish. Here's the chorus to get you started:


        Viva Obama, viva Obama
        HURRAY FOR OBAMA, HURRAY, HURRAY FOR OBAMA

        Familias unidas, seguras y hasta con plan de salud.
        UNITED FAMILIES, REASSURED AND EVEN WITH A HEALTH PLAN

        Viva Obama, viva, viva Obama, viva
        HURRAY FOR OBAMA, HURRAY FOR OBAMA

        Un candidato luchando por nuestra gran nacion.
        A CANDIDATE FIGHTING FOR OUR GREAT NATION
      • April6, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0I found this by clicking on the "more" to the right of the video. (Thanks for the link, SheilaNoya, best primary commercial EVER)

        Translation:
        "To the candidate who is Barack Obama
        I sing this corrido with all my soul
        He was born humble without pretension
        He began in the streets of Chicago
        Working to achieve a vision
        To protect the working people
        And bring us all together in this great nation
        Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
        Families united and safe and even with a health care plan
        Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
        A candidate fighting for our nation
        It doesn't matter if you're from San Antonio
        It doesn't matter if you're from Corpus Christi
        From Dallas, from the Valley, from Houston or from El Paso
        What matters is that we vote for Obama
        Because his struggle is also our struggle, and today we urgently need a change
        Let's unite with our great friend
        Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
        Families united and safe and even with a health care plan
        Viva Obama! Viva Obama!
        A candidate fighting for our nation"
    • jabela, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2My Spanish is terrible, but I got the message loud and clear.... In fact it really put a smile on my face.... Can't say that for any other political adverts I've seen recently!
  • irwanbee, on 02/28/2008, -27/+0i didn't like about politic
  • ignoramusmut, on 02/28/2008, -13/+4The Clinton's have been feeding the American hogwash.
  • gypsi, on 02/28/2008, -3/+51the problem is maybe hillary played to "the latino vote" instead of making her case to them as voters
    • cranium, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2Hell, I'm surprised she didn't put on a fake Spanish accent.
  • mochaman, on 02/28/2008, -5/+52The Clintons have done little for Latinos, and Hillary has been flip flopping with respect to immigration policy. Obama has made gains with Latinos because he has a more wholesome approach to the immigration issues. He is right when he says,"that blaming immigrants for unemployment among blacks amounts to 'scapegoating' and said he wouldn't tolerate it."
    • pianomahnn, on 02/28/2008, -2/+26Clarification: The Clintons have done little for ANYONE.
      • TheBogie, on 02/28/2008, -0/+16Clarification: Except the Clintons.
        • superkendall, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4Clarification - Except the Clintons - and anyone who is willing to provide them enough "incentive" to help.
          • skinkaid, on 02/29/2008, -0/+0And young interns
          • pianomahnn, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Young, unattractive interns. Which makes it all the more disturbing.
    • Triterion, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5I read another article about a month ago that said Clinton did a lot for Latinos, and I believe he did, but that was long ago and times have changed.
    • metric7, on 02/28/2008, -3/+2Whats doing a lot for latinos? Letting more of them in the country? Swell
  • smotpoker, on 02/28/2008, -8/+3I can digg it
  • facik, on 02/28/2008, -14/+1yeh these politic problems
  • kdawg1012, on 02/28/2008, -4/+9Little by little we walk far.
  • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -64/+4I suspect that around 40-55% of so called Latino voters are actually illegals hot off the border run, so what's the difference anyway when the party elites have decided that you need not be a US citizen to vote. We need another Operation Wetback to clean this mess up before the election, lest we forget who is really the man of the people and for -the constitution-.
    • nblsavage, on 02/28/2008, -8/+26Damm, I'm getting good at playing "Spot the Paulbot"
      • urbandistrict, on 02/28/2008, -4/+10Really? His rhetoric doesn't sound Ron Paulian at all. Sounds more like a bigot.
        • onetimer, on 02/28/2008, -3/+7...So you agree he sounds like a paulbot?
    • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -9/+34You know what? You can get the ***** right out of this country. Just go, get back to wherever the ***** you came from. I don't know why the ***** your family came here in the first place, but you clearly missed the point. You're a disgrace to yourself, this country, and all of humanity. I mean, where the ***** do you get off, assuming that because someone's Latino that they're a boarder-jumping illegal alien? I gotta ask, are you also in support of Operation "***** go the ***** Back to Africa"?
      • DryMaltExtract, on 02/28/2008, -22/+1If those "*****" are illegals and come from Africa, then yes. Did you not read his post?
        • urbandistrict, on 02/28/2008, -1/+14Or maybe operation, "White man get off our lands"....
        • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -0/+10I read his post alright. Especially the part where he suggests that we should just assume that all Latinos are likely illegal immigrants. Let's just round up all the brown-skinned bastards, and sort the mess out later, seems to be his attitude.
    • alk509, on 02/28/2008, -4/+41As a hard-working, tax-paying, legal Latin-American immigrant to the U.S., I must say this: you can suck my ***** dick, asswipe.

      That is all.
      • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -25/+2Sir, I meant no offense to -legal- immigrants or with the statement of operation wetback.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback
        • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -3/+23...the ***** you didn't. You mean to tell me that because it was an official operation, it isn't just ***** insulting? And it's not even just that. It's your attitude of assuming that most Latinos must be illegals. Based on what? Because illegals tend to be Latino, that Latinos must tend to be illegals? You are such a goddamn bigot.
          • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -21/+3See how I simply state the historical name of an operation to drive out -illegal- immigrants and am branded a bigot? Is defending our borders so people of all races and national origins can enjoy freedom racist?
          • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -2/+13Look, I'm not one to play the "bigot" card lightly. Certainly no, the simple mention of an historic operation is not worthy of being called a bigot. It's the context in which you used it with which I have a problem. And it seems to me that you're replying to only my first sentence. I went on to explain how "Operation Wetback" wasn't my only complaint about your post.

            It's this attitude that all Latinos are guilty of being boarder-jumping illegals until proven innocent that's my problem. Even if I agreed with you that all illegals need to be immediately booted out of the country (which I don't), your approach to the issue is racist and xenophobic.
          • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -9/+5Point taken and I will -try- to be more careful with my use of words next time. I did not mean to imply that we should be suspicious of all Latino voters being illegals, just that there are shadowy forces in the Democratic party that want to get illegals into the voting booth.
          • Gryffydd, on 02/28/2008, -7/+1How about based on statistics?
        • ironhide, on 02/28/2008, -4/+12A racist paulite? Say it ain't so!
          • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -15/+0Racism is just another forum of -collectivism-, until we see past that and look at issues how they are we'll be stuck with borders as secure as a wheel of Swiss cheese and illegals taking all our jobs.
          • rhabd0mancer, on 02/28/2008, -1/+9They terk er jerbs!
          • insurgente, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7@ 99CentFreedom:

            Why the hell do you have an ANARCHIST symbol as your avatar if you're in favor of ultra authoritarian borders and limiting freedom of movement? ***** piece of *****.
        • urbandistrict, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7Your programming is complete 99CentFreedom. I'm sure the irony of it all lives in your day-to-days.Each and every moment when you are confronted by your own hypocrisy and the conditioned bigotry you wear on your sleeve to mask your own failures.
          Have you not noticed that all those precious "jobs" you speak of are the ones immigrating to other countries? Not a peep over this issue because it's the agenda of the capitalist.
          So ask yourself and answer with complete honesty. Whom do you truly serve, The nation of your people, or other interests?
      • Gryffydd, on 02/28/2008, -6/+1Hey look, it's the exception to the rule!
    • MiamiRox, on 02/28/2008, -1/+10Gee while we're at it, lets institute to get rid of all the racists *****. Let's start with you.
    • Spoomeister, on 02/28/2008, -1/+10As Jon Stewart so eloquently said to Mitt Romney, with whom you seem to share views on immigration and multiculturalism: "***** you."
    • pintomp3, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9if your objection is the legality of their status, why not setup something like we had on ellis island on the mexican border so they can get documented and come right in?
      • 99CentFreedom, on 02/28/2008, -7/+1I would be just fine with that, the issue here is illegal aliens actually voting, yes voting in American elections.
        • buhbyebot, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6Got any facts with your fantasy, El Rushbo?
    • Tehrooni, on 02/28/2008, -8/+2Let's all be practical here boyz. America DOES have an illegal aliens problem. Now *practically* speaking, wouldn't be easier to just round up all non-Americans and ship them back home, than to try to weed out the 30-40% that are actually illegal??? I mean, most of the legals got their "legal" status illegally anyways. So what's the difference???
      • MacEnvy, on 02/28/2008, -1/+8I was hoping you were being sarcastic. Then I read your comment history. At least you aren't a US Citizen, and thus can't vote in our election, because we've got too many assholes like you down here already.
        • Tehrooni, on 02/28/2008, -10/+2I talked to another Latino-loving liberal today. Told him to get me a Egg-Mcmuffin and a small coffee. He complied.
      • macweirdo42, on 02/28/2008, -2/+3Well gee, I don't know. What is the difference, Buckwheat? Hmm... Perhaps we should ask your ancestors, who raped and pillaged to "win" this land in the first place about their thoughts on illegal immigration.
        • Tehrooni, on 02/28/2008, -6/+0I had a brief conversation with another history buff today. Told him to take me to 29th Street and Main. Gave him a good tip because he kept his eyes on the road and his mouth shut most of the way.
    • BlaenkDenum, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3Dumbass *****, since when can illegals vote?
  • onlinetreason, on 02/28/2008, -13/+10GOOD! Obama 4 president!
  • N3tw0rk, on 02/28/2008, -5/+27"Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton has done much for Latinos in their public careers, and most of the support they enjoy from that community comes from brand loyalty -- the same thing that keeps Latinos coming back to one kind of laundry detergent keeps them coming back to the Clinton name."
    That is so true.
    • spiffywilco, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5Hear hear!

      by the way, if you for some reason don't know the expression I just used above (I'm sure most of you do, here's the wikipedia link for you) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_hear
      I had to look it up to make sure I was spelling it right :(
  • moneyfishies, on 02/28/2008, -3/+5shes dope, i keep thinking "she must have some demographics left". and the next days news always proves me wrong.
  • lamprey187, on 02/28/2008, -5/+10Wow, usually CNN has a love-fest with Hillary. This article surprised me. Hillary has run a negative campaign for the most part. It turned people off. I suspect March 4th will be the last nail in her campaign's coffin. Doubtful she will realize it or admit it though.
    • actorboy, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7I wish it were so, but the polls still show it as a very close race with much of the leads contained within the statistical margin of error. There's no telling what will happen on Tuesday. I just hope the Texas Obama supporters have enough determination to stick it out participate in both the primary and the caucus.
      • EtherGnat, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1It doesn't make any difference who wins as long as it's close. Hillary needs to dominate by 20% or more.
  • leopardflames, on 02/28/2008, -18/+4the democrats have been nothing but offensive and childish for the primaries.
    • Mejari, on 02/28/2008, -0/+8sed -r "s/the democrats have/Clinton has/g"
      • iainc, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2Ya didn't really need the /g :-P
        • Mejari, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3well, that way people can use my code for other things. It's all about portability! :)
  • laterthandawn, on 02/28/2008, -5/+65Inaccurate title. Should read: "Clinton at Risk of Losing Every Vote"
  • N3tw0rk, on 02/28/2008, -1/+19She is desperately trying to hang on to the Latino vote.
    http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080213/i/r1 ...

    • cjmal, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3thank you, i was looking for this.
    • Culiada, on 02/28/2008, -0/+0"Weee, look at me!. I has mini mariachi!" - H. Clinton (direct quote)
  • maximize, on 02/28/2008, -9/+3She already lost their vote awhile back. Buried as inaccurate.
    • pcore, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2No she didn't. Not in Los Angeles at least...
  • dkern, on 02/28/2008, -25/+5Hispanics are easily swayed via propaganda (obviously)- but I really had hoped they would see through the Clinton ***** when she made that embarrassing video with the little Hispanic kid. That was over the top for even the dumbest moron- and she still got some votes! People really do deserve what they get. WAKE THE ***** UP PEOPLE- GET PISSED OFF AND STAY AWAKE CAUSE THIS ***** IS ONLY GONNA GET WORSE!!!
    • MacEnvy, on 02/28/2008, -1/+12"Citizens are easily swayed via propaganda (obviously)"
      FTFY
      • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1I don't watch tv, so I am trying to warn people to get off the idiot box that is marketing directly to them. Its amazing how many stupid ***** there are who see my comment as hate speech, bigotry etcetera.

        I am a citizen that is not swayed by ***** and my awareness came at a price which most of the lazy ***** are unwilling to pay- And I don't mean dollars.
    • actorboy, on 02/28/2008, -1/+8Don't be an idiot. Every race is easily swayed by propaganda.
      • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1I am not an idiot. I have several Hispanic friends who were stupid enough to vote for that ***** Clinton and were swayed by watching the idiot box. Just trying to let people know what, how, when and why they are being manipulated.

        No good deed goes unpunished. The good news for me is I really don't give a flying ***** what anyone thinks about my views!
    • MiamiRox, on 02/28/2008, -5/+13Hey Bigot, ***** You. I make up my own mind. And I chose neither of them.

      Signed,
      A Hispanic Woman
      • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1I am not a bigot. Most Hispanic Americans do not have a ***** clue as to what is really going on in this country because they are just trying to make ends meet. Hispanics are among the largest demographic group who rely on mass media network news shows.

        If you think hate speech like calling me a bigot for attempting to get you and yours to stop suckling the electric teat of television ***** pablum- then you are truly stupid enough enough to get what IS coming to you.

        I am not going to call you names- but I will do everything I can to get you folks to turn off the idiot box- a box that most Hispanics who began their journey into this country from a cardboard box on the side of a freeway in Mexico where electricity and running water, let alone a television were not the staples available in America which many Hispanics have come here from.

        I welcome everybody. But if you still believe I am a bigot then you have bigger problems ahead of you. There was nothing bigoted or nasty in my comment except WAKE THE ***** UP.

        Please take your ill informed negativity and quick hate speak elsewhere!
    • jm4847, on 02/28/2008, -1/+6People in general are stupid, regardless of race.
      • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1Very true. However the Hispanic community is inundated with propaganda as a growing demographic which is why they are being catered to by the candidates. People calling me a bigot are quick to anger, as are most ignorant people who see hatred rather than ominous warnings.

        Fine, ***** em. Its their choice!
    • robystar, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4Do you work for Fox news?
      • MacEnvy, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2No, it's just Lou Dobbs.
        • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -4/+1You and your friends are total idiots- you comments clearly show this as a fact.
      • dkern, on 02/29/2008, -3/+1No but you do- at least now you wont being trying to look up an extension on your company roster.
  • mrfreeziexp, on 02/28/2008, -2/+11If Obama could get Bill Richardson's support, I'd say it's all over for Hillary.
    • TheBogie, on 02/28/2008, -4/+1Only if it was a tie. Then Bill's single vote would make the difference.
    • altgeeky1, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3Actually, Latino's did not go for Richardson.
      You see, Richardson said we simply CAN NOT ABSORB every one of the 20 million people who are undocumented (not a quote, a paraphrase that's close).
      That sounds pretty centrist to me... no bashing, no pandering just simple practicality. He got my NH vote actually.

      Hillary on the other hand, can't stop GUSHING how she has "Latino friends" and how she "lLOVES TACOS AND MANGOS" and how "NO woman is illegal".

      It's unfortunate for America that Hillary AND the Latino community actually made ACCEPTANCE of illegal aliens one of their demands. The sovereignty of the nation is NOT a negotiation tactic for votes.
  • Spoomeister, on 02/28/2008, -9/+2No, no puede.
  • FearFactory, on 02/28/2008, -2/+10Hillary Clinton do not care about hispanic peoples
    • 9thisisme, on 02/28/2008, -7/+2does not care....and no s at the end of people.
      • Eoborges, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5He's saying it using a Hispanic accent
  • NelsonR, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4Would like to see Bill and Hillary's tax return. Rags to riches upon arriving in D.C., GO FIGURE. With millions coming in bet she will not release them until much later or if it needs explaining, after the nominee is elected and hopefully it's Obama. Lets see how real he is or is it just more political crap.
    • Treoinmypocket, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2You know what's funny? Hillary has the magical ability to lend her campaign $5 million...how come they can't pay Bill's legal bills? Why don't they give that money back to the poor dupes who paid those attorney fees?
  • mistergoomba, on 02/28/2008, -1/+16this is of course after losing the white vote, the black vote, the asian vote, the women vote, the gay vote...
  • DryMaltExtract, on 02/28/2008, -1/+29So what I gather from all the news coverage I've read is this:

    Every ethnicity and religion in the US is full of mindless drones who cannot or do not think for themselves. That entire groups of people whose common factor can be as little as race, location or religion will all vote the same way. Which is why you have "the black vote", "the catholic vote", "the latino vote", "the women vote", "the lesbian vote".

    Does that not seem utterly wrong to anyone else?
    • boredsam, on 02/28/2008, -5/+2Ron Paul wins the Digg vote! Seriously though, I agree with your point.
      • coollettuce, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5Not anymore he does. That goes to Obama.
    • mightytribble, on 02/28/2008, -0/+11I'm a black Catholic lesbian, but my dad was from Mexico. I don't know which way to vote!
      • MrErr, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2I can see how black and catholic go together or black and lesbian go together but not catholic and lesbian!
      • unbreakable, on 02/28/2008, -1/+1If you find Hillary hot, by all means vote for her.
        If not, bat for us on March 4.
      • jcroweall7, on 02/29/2008, -0/+2You might be joking about this, but I remember before the South Carolina primaries there were stories that read like "Black people will vote Obama and women will vote Clinton... BUT IT'S REALLY THE BLACK WOMEN WHO WILL DECIDE THIS ELECTION, AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GONNA VOTE!!!" It's absolutely ludicrous.
    • perfectsilence, on 02/28/2008, -2/+2while I see your point, these subgroups do vote differently than the general population, there's nothing wrong with pointing that out.
      • Kyan, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1Amen. Minorities do have "general" voting habits. Of course some will break the stereotype, but "in general" they will vote a certain way. Why? Because they have a lot in common. I hate when people complain about the term "black vote" and say "How come no-one ever talks about the "White vote". Well, it's because white's are the majority, see?

        Now, in South Africa, who talks about the "black vote"? Duh.

        I wish I could digg you up more than once.
      • iceschade, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4Of course "subgroups" have different voting habits than the "general population." The general population includes bloody EVERYONE. And EVERYONE, as a group, votes for nobody in particular. So if you look at a subgroup of everyone, then obviously they're going to show signs of voting a certain way.

        Montgomery, AL is likely to vote for a republican.
        Dallas, TX is likely to vote for a democrat.

        Is that because of the race of the people living there? Or is that because of the general mindset of the people living there?

        Latinos live all over the country, and they think for themselves. You'll find Hispanic republicans just as you'll find Hispanic democrats.

        This ***** about the "Latino Vote" is simply a waste of time. Candidates that pander to specific ethnicities are likely to lose votes in other areas. Meanwhile, candidates like Obama, who see people as people, not as demographics, know that they should focus on the message, not on the group.
    • NotAChickenHawk, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2Thank you! That's exactly how I feel as well and you stated in perfectly.
    • iceschade, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1I'm glad someone else sees this.
    • NelsonR, on 02/28/2008, -1/+1Over 80 percent of humans are followers, that's life and why we have Bush the great decider. By the way you will always have ethnics, religion or whatever a factor in everyday life. Welcome to humanity.
    • whalt, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1The funny thing is that Obama makes essentially your same point over and over in speech after speech yet I constantly hear white people (and yes, I am one) complain about Obama playing the "race card." It's annoying that they can't hear what he is saying but immediately see him speaking and think "oh, hear we go again with the black thing." But of course they are not prejudiced in any way, right?
  • ep2007, on 02/28/2008, -7/+4i'm tired of reading about these cnn articles days after i've already read them on the actual website
  • jm4847, on 02/28/2008, -17/+2At least all this Obamaspam will be over once he loses Texas and Ohio.
    • jodokast, on 02/28/2008, -1/+5Even if he does lose in Texas or Ohio it would have to be a BIG margin for it to be a significant loss.

      So STFU, thanks.
    • MacEnvy, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6The desperation of the Republicans is palpable. You can taste it in the air. It's going to be a good year.
    • buhbyebot, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2She would have to win both states in a big way to even have a shot at beating Obama for the nomination, and even then, she would have to get more Superdeligates. You know, the ones that are jumping ship and moving to Obama. There is no way that the Superdeligates are going to go against the popular vote. Not if they don't know what's good for them. Which brings me back to you and your silly little point on your head.
      What makes you think she is going to win either state? NAFTA is what did her in, in Ohio, and Texans, well they've begun to vote already, Obama has been there for over a month (with his people) and Hillary only just got there about two weeks ago...
  • thatsmyaibo, on 02/28/2008, -7/+8I'm so tired of these demographic voting groups. Can't we just stop catering to certain special interests and just do what's best for this country rather than giving illegal immigrants everything they want just so they can get the Latino vote?
    • altgeeky1, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3+2, if I could mod you up more than once.

      Expect your voice to be squashed by those very same special interests. I don't think you will get buried below -40 ... that is the absolute floor at Digg.
      • buhbyebot, on 02/28/2008, -3/+0No special interest here. I'm just digging down a moronic and baseless comment.
      • thatsmyaibo, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3Yeah, I live in Los Angeles and these guys want to give illegals drivers licenses like we don't already have enough traffic here. It's not even for good purposes, it's just to get the vote. I wish this government would focus on our country before every other country. We are falling apart from within. The ones that digg me down probably live in areas of the country that aren't so affected by waves of illegal immigrants.
    • ImpulseControl, on 02/28/2008, -1/+3Ditto. I made the mistake of criticizing my Macbook Pro on digg once... I bet it's the illegal immigrant Apple fanboy demograph that killing us.
    • whalt, on 02/29/2008, -1/+1Yeah right. We give illegal immigrants everything, There's a big welcoming party at the border that hands out gift baskets and hot towels.

      Did you ever consider that your pet issues might be a special interest or is it only minorities who have those?
      • thatsmyaibo, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1So giving them health care at the expense of taxpayers and privileges like driver's licenses is deserved? They can apply for citizenship like both my parents had to. Call me when you've lived in LA for a year and can see what it's like to spend 2 hours in traffic to get downtown or have prisons and schools overflowing with illegal immigrants.
  • daxsymbiont, on 02/28/2008, -3/+4Why exactly aren't latinos pro-Obama in the first place?
    • altgeeky1, on 02/28/2008, -5/+2Easy. Up to TWENTY MILLION Latinos are recently (since 2000) arrived -- illegally -- and they don't want to go home. You should watch Lou Dobbs on CNN if you want to see fair coverage of this issue.

      You see INS raids on TV but they are for the news to make it look like something's happening. When local and state police (google New Hampshire..) call INS, because the person they arrested turns out to be breaking federal immigration law... guess what? INS either refuses the prisoner, or they insist that the local/state police pay all prisoner handling costs.

      The funny thing is, 10 years ago under Bill Clinton there were MORE deportations and more border police. That's a fact!



    • wonderworm, on 02/28/2008, -4/+4Some Mexican Americans see anglo people as their natural leaders and caretakers which stems from way back to Spain's conquest of Mexico and the current trend that they mostly work for anglo business owners. Even today, you see much more European blood in the bloodlines of Mexico's rich elite and politicians, than in the majority population.
      In contrast, some Mexican Americans see many African American people as equal to them in status and a direct competitor for neighborhoods and jobs.
      Plus, I would also guess that in general Mexicans are less educated to the issues and more inclined to simply vote for what they are familiar with, so by default, they first are inclined to vote for the establishment Clinton until someone comes around and educates them that Obama will do much much more than Clinton in ensuring that working income people of all races get a better shot at achieving the American dream of success and prosperity for their families. And this is why as Obama's message is heard by more and more Latinos in these later primary states, he is steadily winning their loyalty and votes.
      • docrates, on 02/28/2008, -0/+3You know, as a Latin American person (I was born and live in Panama), but who's very acquainted with the environment in the U.S. (through family that live there legally, through education and through general culture), I was very very offended by your comment...until I realized it was all true...if you realize that what you wrote applies as a generalization (which you started and I follow) to Mexicans and Mexican-Americans...not to Hispanics (as we're commonly called) in general.
        See, Mexicans != Latin Americans. Mexicans are only part of all Hispanics. Which is something that surprisingly few people in the U.S. realize... How different in race, culture and education the people from one country in Latin America are in comparison to people from another country in the same region.
        Then I went back and re-read your post and realized you WERE talking exclusively about Mexicans, and not all of us. Which marks you as an informed person.
        You got my digg.
        And just to clarify: illegal Mexican immigrant != legal Mexican immigrant. The first is associated with uneducated, uncultured usually socially irresponsible people, while the latter is associated with just a regular person that is probably educated and follows the law. There are, of course, exceptions in both groups.
  • urbandistrict, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5¿Qué?
  • usgovterrorists, on 02/28/2008, -14/+0Who cares, the elections are rigged anyway.

    Whoever counts the votes decides who wins.

    United States Government are terrorists, war criminals, and horrific liars.

    9-11 was an inside job! What happened to building 7?

    Depleted uranium is a weapon of mass destruction!

    Play Wall Street like a PONZI SCHEME!
  • boredsam, on 02/28/2008, -1/+6"The Illinois senator spent so much of the early part of the campaign proving he could appeal to both blacks and whites that he never stopped to ask: "What can brown do for me?" As a result, Obama fumbled in the Nevada caucus."

    Masterful journalism there.
    • SheilaNoya, on 02/28/2008, -1/+2It may be masterful journalism, but I don't think it's true. I live in Los Angeles and when we voted on Super Tuesday, it didn't look at that time like Obama had a chance in hell of winning the General Election in November, despite what his policies and plans were. Every poll and every newscast had already crowned Hillary as the most likely Democrat to beat a Republican. Now the tables have turned, people have heard more from both candidates, and more people are willing to vote for Obama. I'd be willing to bet that if California was able to vote again right now, Obama would be the winner, not Hillary.
  • mikehill33, on 02/28/2008, -2/+2is this different from losing the overall vote?
  • o0joshua0o, on 02/28/2008, -2/+12At least she still has the left-handed midget vote....I think.
  • dodgejon, on 02/28/2008, -2/+6She never had my vote.
  • MrWhite7, on 02/28/2008, -2/+5What a rediculous, conclusory and disimissive byline... gone multicultural and it's about time?
    • bobburn, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1yeah..I thought Black, White, Asian, and at least 1/3 of the 'latino' vote was already multicultural. That's why I buried this.
  • SuspicionVandit, on 02/28/2008, -9/+2I'm latino and I know all about bitches. We are experts in bitches. We don't even hire women to be our wives or maids. Men #1. Dog #2. Wife #3.
    • daxsymbiont, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1i think you meant 'white pride hating latinos hijacking them on the inet' #1.
    • thesoze, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1your an idiot! my brown ass will kick your brown ass if I see you on the street! what are you, Cuban?
    • MiamiRox, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5You may be Latino, but you're also a douche bag.
      • altgeeky1, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4 Ignore what he claims... he might be Latino as he claims (yeah, right), or he might be a bored redneck trolling for responses, OR he might be PRETENDING to be the bored redneck kid trolling.

        His post is so blatantly inflammatory and attention-hungry... and that is all that matters.
  • icutcheese, on 02/28/2008, -1/+4Vaya con dios Hillary
  • briguymaine, on 02/28/2008, -7/+1the guy in the picture doesn't look very latino to me. No burrito, no shovel, no Chihuahua.

    (It's ok, I'm 1/32 mexican, I can say this.)
    • thesoze, on 02/28/2008, -2/+3what does a Latino look to you? oh yea...you've been watching Fox news
      • briguymaine, on 02/28/2008, -1/+1I answered that in the second sentence.
    • Sic133, on 02/28/2008, -1/+9I'm 100% mexican, I can say ***** you.
    • bobburn, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2are you 1/16 Cherokee too? Douche.
  • RRJackson, on 02/28/2008, -14/+3America starts to sober up from a heavy dose of Obamamania
    James Bone in New York

    The American presidential candidate who can do no wrong is experiencing the first signs of dip in popularity that has been called the “Barack-lash.”

    Barack Obama has become a darling of the internet generation since starting his underdog campaign to beat the wife of a former president and become the first black leader of the Free World.

    Millions downloaded a YouTube video of his “Yes We Can” speech set to music by the Black Eyed Peas front-man will.i.am with celebrity friends who included the actresses Scarlett Johansson and Amber Valletta.

    But Mr Obama’s popularity has begun to rebound on him now that he has emerged as the Democratic front-runner. Even supporters are questioning whether he can really deliver on all their hopes.

    Mathew Honan, a freelance writer and contributor to Mr Obama’s campaign, set up a website called www.obamaisyournewbicycle.com after his wife, Harper, a nurse and avid cyclist, began exhibiting symptoms of “Obamamania”.

    In less than two weeks, there have been more than 2.3 million visits to the minimalist site, which carries messages such as: “Barack Obama escorted your Gramma across the street”; “Barack Obama baked you a pie”; “Barack Obama dedicated a song to you”; “Barack Obama carries a picture of you in his wallet”; and “Barack Obama remembered your birthday”.

    The website obamamessiah.blogs-pot.com, asks: “Is Obama the Messiah?” and boasts a “transfiguration” scene of the Christlike candidate addressing supporters from a staircase.

    In a section on “Obama Conversion Stories”, it quotes the author Deepak Chopra calling Mr Obama’s candidacy “a quantum leap in American consciousness”. The novelist Toni Morrison, who once called Bill Clinton “America’s first black president”, is quoted as calling Mr Obama “creative imagination, which, coupled with brilliance, equals wisdom”.

    The SenatorObamas.com site pokes fun at the Illinois senator and his unusual name by portraying him in a variety of guises, from “Obamarama” to the nightwear-clad “Pajamabama”.

    Before the Hollywood writers’ strike, Mr Obama won sympathy on the widely watched Saturday Night Live television comedy show, on November 3, playing himself as a guest at a party thrown by the presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her husband, Bill.

    With the writers back at work, Saturday Night Live returned to lampoon the media obsession with Mr Obama. A white actor played Mr Obama in a sketch parodying the latest Democratic debate. The moderator confessed that she had been “clinically diagnosed as an Obamamaniac”.

    Uncle Wiggly, a blogger on www.mydd.com, observed: “This will become a big deal inside the media ‘village’. I live in DC and know that every single political reporter and pundit fool watches every [ Saturday Night Live] during election time and all saw or will see this. They were or will be shocked, I mean quite shocked, to find out that they were the ones being ridiculed.”

    David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times, has diagnosed the mood swing felt by many liberals as “Obama Comedown Syndrome”.

    “The afflicted had already been through the phases of Obamamania - fainting at rallies, weeping over their touch screens while watching Obama videos, spending hours making folk crafts featuring Michelle Obama’s face. These patients had experienced intense surges of hope-amine, the brain chemical that fuels euphoric sensations of historic change and personal salvation,” Mr Brooks wrote.

    “But they found that as the weeks went on, they needed more and purer hope-injections just to preserve the rush. They wound up craving more hope than even the Hope Pope could provide, and they began experiencing brooding moments of suboptimal hopefulness. Anxious posts began to appear on the Yes We Can! Facebook pages. A sense of ennui began to creep through the nation’s Ian McEwan-centered book clubs.”

    Fault lines

    — Sites have popped up indicating that the online Obamamania has hit a wall. What kind of wall? A snarky, ironic, this-Obama-thing-has-gotten-over-the-top wall José Antonio Vargas in The Washington Post

    — Obama has this almost irrational following, and I myself can’t sometimes explain why I’m supporting him. He’s all things to all men. At least that’s how I put it Noah Norman, 25, founder of www.SenatorObamas.com

    — The internet is about authenticity. When somebody gets too popular, too mainstream, their authenticity is questioned. It’s like an indie band joining a major label. It’s like Kurt Cobain. It’s like ‘Juno’ Joshua Levy of TechPresident, a blog tracking online political campaigning

    — One of the things about internet culture is there’s a smugness, a self-satisfaction about being ahead of the curve. But now that Obamamania has gotten to be so widespread online, folks are twisting and tweaking it Peter Leyden, director of New Politics Institute, a liberal think-tank
    • insanebrain, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1try .. . to . . concentrate . .. . . .. DAMN ! lost it.
    • spiffywilco, on 02/29/2008, -0/+3Wow, worst article I have ever read. Pure drivel.
  • Lambrakis, on 02/28/2008, -11/+5Yeah it's about time the Latinos got suckered in by that ***** artist like everyone else. I figured it might happen about now. People in the US are so stupid. They're not people anyway - they're sheeple. They don't want solutions - they want a leader. Why don't they then embrace someone like Hitler? Or L Ron Hubbard? Oh that's right - that's exactly what they're doing. What a bunch of pathetic losers.
    • thesoze, on 02/28/2008, -2/+3eat my brown ass u white supremist! yea, I'm educated and banging your women, well..
  • NotAChickenHawk, on 02/28/2008, -7/+8Yes, Latinas and Latinos, remember that you must vote for Obama because the MSM and some fools on Digg tell you that you have to, or tell you that everyone else is so you must too, because after all you cannot make up your own mind.
    • huszar02, on 02/28/2008, -2/+2HOPE AND CHANGE YES WE CAN HOPE AND CHANGE.
      • NotAChickenHawk, on 02/28/2008, -4/+1Pair Obama with a Republican running mate and it'll go from "hope and change" to "hope and pray".
  • Adamlite, on 02/28/2008, -6/+2Hurray. Whatever. I move that Digg should have an "Everything but Politics" section.
    • MacEnvy, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5It's called "turning off the politics tab". Your profile: use it, learn it, love it.
  • IHUsol, on 02/28/2008, -9/+2Inaccurate! I live in South Texas and the excitement for Hillary and her campaign is very high. Given the source of the article it would be better for them to disclose their love for her opponent. We all know Hillary is the only one who cares about Latinos and it was during Bill's presidency that he appointed Bill Richardson and others to many high positions that Hispanics had never held. Hillary is the best hope for Hispanics. And we could easily see a Hispanic on the Supreme Court during Hillary's administration. That would never happen under either of her opponents.
  • daxsymbiont, on 02/28/2008, -4/+1A woman that would do for president is Lisa Lampanelli.
  • nastronomical, on 02/28/2008, -9/+2Who cares? Seriously these people to the left and right will sell america out and leave our borders open so as not to offend the latino hispanic vote..Viva Welfare and Free Healthcare.
    • bobburn, on 02/28/2008, -0/+2The welfare system is used by primarily white citizens--please, don't single out a group that is *negligible* at best in terms of percentage on welfare.
    • flashman2006, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Most illegals don't even come here for welfare in the first place. Stop listening to the Conservative Talk Show crap. Or at least don't be so naive in believing they say. I happen to know many illegals that do not live off free handouts. They work their butts off.
    • meromasta, on 02/29/2008, -0/+1Main beneficiaries of the Welfare are white people. Know your facts before you talk.
  • Swift2, on 02/28/2008, -2/+2Well, Hillary may or may not be "losing" this or that vote, but anybody who thinks Ruben Navarrette is an objective source on... anything... needs their head examined.
  • GrodyChamp, on 02/28/2008, -4/+4Everything I've read from this retard Navarette is trash. I hope Obama wins, so my opinion of this idiot has nothing to do with the race. The guy is just a dumbass.
  • johnsonjoeb, on 02/28/2008, -2/+2Hasta la vista, baby.
  • Tehrooni, on 02/28/2008, -4/+3I for one question the ability of Latinos to vote in elections to begin with. I don't care who they support. They just don't have enough knowledge of politics and society to be able to vote. If we want to be super PC, then let's have them write an exam to prove they know what's going on in America before letting them vote. Fair is fair.

    • jodokast, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1You fail at disguising xenophobia.
      • gibsonav, on 02/28/2008, -0/+1BUT...he brings up a good side point...let's check VALID IDs FROM ALL VOTERS before we allow them to do so
    • bjs3171, on 02/28/2008, -2/+1wow. just...wow.

      i'm gonna write up an exam. after *you* take it, and get above a 95%, you can distribute it to "the latinos". all of them, since you seem to know all of them. in the country.
      • Tehrooni, on 02/28/2008, -1/+1I talked to a well educated Latino today. Told him the get me the Taco Trio, but change the medium coke for a large. He seemed capable of performing the task without too much difficulty.
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