La Prensa de Minnesota Posted on 01-29-2008
La Prensa de Minnesota endorses Hillary Clinton for the DFL Caucuses and John McCain for the Republican Caucuses
La Prensa Editorial Board alberto@lcnmedia.com; marco@lcnmedia.com; mario@lcnmedia.com
Recent national polling of Latinos shows that the issues that are the most important to Latinos this year are passing comprehensive immigration reform, the economy, ending the Iraq war, education and health care reform. This year we have two excellent front runners for President of the United States in the Democratic Party: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both candidates voted for comprehensive immigration Reform in 2007 and have committed to immediately push hard for immigration reform once they get elected. Both candidates have plans to increase the number of people covered by health insurance. Both candidates have specific plans to improve the economy and both want to reduce the learning gap between minorities and white students. Both candidates would make history, if elected, by being the first woman or the first African American to be elected to the White House.
We would have preferred to Endorse Bill Richardson for President. Richardson was the most qualified Democratic candidate. He had the best positions of any candidate on issues that affect Latinos, and would have been the first Latino President. But this was not his year. We think that of the remaining candidates, Hillary Clinton has the most experience and has the best chance to implement policies that will benefit Latinos. She has been a US Senator representing New York since 2001, and not only served eight years as First Lady in the White House and the Arkansas governor’s mansion, but she was one of Bill Clinton’s most trusted advisors. During the Bill Clinton presidency the United States showed impressive economic growth. With an economy that threatens to fall into a recession in 2008, we will need a President that knows how to effectively manage the situation and get us back in the growing path. We also need a President with international and diplomatic experience that will help reduce the anti-American sentiment that has dangerously spread around the world during the eight years of the Bush administration.
Hillary Clinton has been getting a larger grass roots support from Latinos nationally because they see the Clintons as friends of the Latino community and they see her as much more likely to be able to implement the changes our community needs. We already saw in 2007 a President that favored an immigration reform, a majority of Democrats and some Republicans that supported comprehensive immigration reform and the bill still failed to even make it to the floor. As Latinos we are not in a position where we can afford in-job training. Approving immigration reform will require experience and a track record in passing tough legislation. We feel Hilary Clinton as our next president will represent our interests better than anyone else. John Edwards also supports issues that are important to Latinos, but his campaign has not shown to be as viable and we feel Obama and Clinton would be a stronger choice than Edwards.
For the Republican Caucuses we endorse John McCain. McCain risked his campaign for President by standing up for immigrants so we will stand by him today. He was co-sponsor of the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill. He voted for comprehensive immigration reform even at the risk of loosing his chances to be President. He is a very independent voice that is willing to split with the Republican Party and stand up for his principles. He has refused to compete against other Republican candidates on who can sound the most anti-immigrant and the most offensive against Latinos. He has the best resume and experience of any candidate for President. He showed in New Hampshire and South Carolina that the anti-immigrant message is not a winning issue even among Republicans. No other Republican even comes close.
Next Fall we will have the opportunity to endorse one candidate for President. Today we get to endorse two dear friends of the Latino community.
La Prensa de Minnesota endorses Hillary Clinton for the DFL Caucuses and John McCain for the Republican Caucuses
La Prensa Editorial Board alberto@lcnmedia.com; marco@lcnmedia.com; mario@lcnmedia.com
Recent national polling of Latinos shows that the issues that are the most important to Latinos this year are passing comprehensive immigration reform, the economy, ending the Iraq war, education and health care reform. This year we have two excellent front runners for President of the United States in the Democratic Party: Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Both candidates voted for comprehensive immigration Reform in 2007 and have committed to immediately push hard for immigration reform once they get elected. Both candidates have plans to increase the number of people covered by health insurance. Both candidates have specific plans to improve the economy and both want to reduce the learning gap between minorities and white students. Both candidates would make history, if elected, by being the first woman or the first African American to be elected to the White House.
We would have preferred to Endorse Bill Richardson for President. Richardson was the most qualified Democratic candidate. He had the best positions of any candidate on issues that affect Latinos, and would have been the first Latino President. But this was not his year. We think that of the remaining candidates, Hillary Clinton has the most experience and has the best chance to implement policies that will benefit Latinos. She has been a US Senator representing New York since 2001, and not only served eight years as First Lady in the White House and the Arkansas governor’s mansion, but she was one of Bill Clinton’s most trusted advisors. During the Bill Clinton presidency the United States showed impressive economic growth. With an economy that threatens to fall into a recession in 2008, we will need a President that knows how to effectively manage the situation and get us back in the growing path. We also need a President with international and diplomatic experience that will help reduce the anti-American sentiment that has dangerously spread around the world during the eight years of the Bush administration.
Hillary Clinton has been getting a larger grass roots support from Latinos nationally because they see the Clintons as friends of the Latino community and they see her as much more likely to be able to implement the changes our community needs. We already saw in 2007 a President that favored an immigration reform, a majority of Democrats and some Republicans that supported comprehensive immigration reform and the bill still failed to even make it to the floor. As Latinos we are not in a position where we can afford in-job training. Approving immigration reform will require experience and a track record in passing tough legislation. We feel Hilary Clinton as our next president will represent our interests better than anyone else. John Edwards also supports issues that are important to Latinos, but his campaign has not shown to be as viable and we feel Obama and Clinton would be a stronger choice than Edwards.
For the Republican Caucuses we endorse John McCain. McCain risked his campaign for President by standing up for immigrants so we will stand by him today. He was co-sponsor of the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform bill. He voted for comprehensive immigration reform even at the risk of loosing his chances to be President. He is a very independent voice that is willing to split with the Republican Party and stand up for his principles. He has refused to compete against other Republican candidates on who can sound the most anti-immigrant and the most offensive against Latinos. He has the best resume and experience of any candidate for President. He showed in New Hampshire and South Carolina that the anti-immigrant message is not a winning issue even among Republicans. No other Republican even comes close.
Next Fall we will have the opportunity to endorse one candidate for President. Today we get to endorse two dear friends of the Latino community.
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