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CAMPAIGN 2008
‘Your Vote Is Your Voice’
Jamie Reno 2/4/2008 12:00:00 AM
Enrique Morones, founder and president of the Border Angels humanitarian group, is the organizer of Marcha Migrante, the catalyst for the massive nationwide immigration demonstrations in the spring of 2006. This week in San Diego, Morones kicks off Marcha Migrante III, an effort to increase Latino registration and turnout in the 2008 election. Morones, who was born and raised in San Diego and in 1998 became the first American to be granted dual citizenship with Mexico, is a frequent subject of verbal assaults from anti-immigration groups and pundits. He has worked for corporate America, including a stint as a marketing executive for the San Diego Padres, and has strong opinions on all the 2008 presidential candidates and their outreach to Hispanics. He spoke to NEWSWEEK'S Jamie Reno about the campaign and the increasingly influential Latino vote. Excerpts:
FACTCHECK.ORG
McCain Ads Attack Romney
Lori Robertson 1/29/2008 12:00:00 AM
SummaryOn the eve of the crucial Florida GOP primary, John McCain is attacking Mitt Romney with some out-of-context or misleading statements on radio and the Internet:A Web ad says Romney's health care program in Massachusetts is "not very good" and "is failing." But official figures indicate that roughly 200,000 previously uninsured residents have gained health coverage, and those persons might disagree.
N.H. Debate: The GOP Field
1/6/2008 12:00:00 AM
SummaryRepublican and Democratic candidates participated in double-header debates in New Hampshire Jan. 5 in advance of the state's first-in-the-nation primary. Republicans were up first, and they got a little wild with their swings:
FACT CHECK
More Mitt Malarkey
12/28/2007 12:00:00 AM
SummaryRomney's latest ad attacks McCain in New Hampshire with false and misleading claims:
The Great Courtship
Holly Bailey
When it comes to presidential politics, Richard Land has seen better days. As policy chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention, Land remembers back in 1999 when a Republican presidential hopeful named George W. Bush came calling for support. "He was one of us," Land recalls. Eight years later, things aren't so simple. With Bush sidelined and no heir apparent in sight, voters on the right are surveying the 2008 field with a certain level of despair. The three GOP front runners--Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Mitt Romney--have all violated conservative principles. Other hopefuls, like Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee, are beloved by the right but face doubts about their ability to beat a Democrat in the general election. Will social conservatives support the candidate they most agree with--or the one who can win? Land predicts electability, citing fear of a Hillary Clinton White House. "I wouldn't underestimate Clinton's ability to unite social conservatives around a candidate ... who they think can win," he says. Which one is most likely to strike just the right balance? A "values voter" tally, looking at what this bloc sees as the pros and cons of top GOP hopefuls:
CHAPTER 2
Back From the Dead
Evan Thomas
Like a lot of Americans, Barack Obama says his favorite movie is "The Godfather." John McCain says his all-time favorite is "Viva Zapata!", a little-remembered, highly romanticized 1952 Marlon Brando biopic. The hero of the movie is Emiliano Zapata, the leader of a (briefly) successful peasant revolt in Mexico in the early 1900s. McCain loves the idea of a budget-class, guerrilla-style war against the corrupt establishment. He never got over being nostalgic about his 2000 insurgency against George W. Bush and the Republican Party leaders who had settled on George H.W. Bush's eldest son as heir apparent. Though himself the scion of a kind of warrior royalty—his father and grandfather had been admirals, and his mother came from a wealthy family—McCain was leery of the overprivileged (and hated being called a