A Washington Post article announced a new blog by a former CNN report - Luis Clemens. The title is La Politica. It will be interesting to see what Clemens does with the blog. Its great that someone is noticing the Latino vote... but as the WP article mentions, its backed by the same old guard. So its probably worth reading, but with some caution.
http://www.lapolitica.com/
Another paper that has been around for a long time is La Politiquera published by Alfredo Santos. I have known Santos for over 20 years and trust his judgment on all things political. He does not work for any public relations firm. A Berkeley graduate, he lives in Austin and works in a school program for high risk kids... and has been writing his Politiquera at night for a really long time. La Politiquera only comes out a couple of times per year. He has no affiliation with CNN.
http://www.lapolitiquera.com/
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La Política, Counting On The Hispanic-Vote Counters
By David Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 6, 2007; Page C01
Just in time for Hillary Clinton's bilingual Web page, Barack Obama's three-part telenovela, Christopher Dodd's discursos en español, Craig Romney's Spanish testimonials for papí Mitt, John McCain's immigration reform fracaso, Tom Tancredo's "amnesty" outrage and the simple fact of Bill Richardson: Here comes La Política, turning it all into a beat and a business.
The Web-based newsletter and blog debuted yesterday, dedicated to covering "the business of reaching Hispanic voters." Published in English for a prospective audience of campaign insiders, consultants and media types, the newsletter takes its name from the Spanish word for "politics." The blog is called Platicando -- "chatting."
This is the moment when all the thumb-sucking and hyperventilating over the potential political power of the nation's largest minority goes meta. Until now it was enough to figure out who Latinos are and how to reach them. Now the process of discovery and outreach is itself the subject.
The presidential campaigns are already reacting -- sending tips, getting quoted. But then, we already knew from Heisenberg that the act of scrutinizing can influence what is being scrutinized. The larger question about La Política is whether its advent signals a material change in Latinos' status in the political calculus. Does something become more real when attention is paid?
The people behind La Política are too much old-school-journalist types to make brash claims about Latinos swinging the election. They're just walking the beat.
"We aren't advocates, we aren't activists," says Luis Clemens, the editor, a Cuban American and a former Buenos Aires bureau chief for CNN en Español. "We'll watch and report on the way this plays out."
But he does insist something new is afoot...
for complete article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501846.html
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