Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

As the once-dominant Republicans in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico take a break from licking their week-old wounds, they’re beginning to strategize whether to march left or right in their bid to reclaim lost power.
Republicans who believe the country is swinging left think the party needs to steer away from cultural wedge issues while at [...]

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Bernalillo GOP chair: ‘Hispanics won’t vote for a black president’
The chairman of the Bernalillo County Republican Party resigned Thursday following comments reported on a BBC blog last week that most observers said fell somewhere between insensitive and poorly articulated to outright racist. The money shot: “Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won’t vote for a [...]

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An intriguing look at the local politics-immigration equation came from National Public Radio last week, in a three-part series on immigration controversies from the front-lines of Arizona.
In part one, “‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ Takes on Immigration,” reporter Ted Robbins looks at how Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Phoenix courts publicity with his innovative jail policies, which [...]

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