Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

I got tired just looking at him:

BECAUSE WE COULDN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT WINDFALL TAXES FOR OIL COMPANIES, AND BECAUSE MANY OF US DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST HOUSING VOUCHERS FOR KATRINA VICTIMS IN ORDER TO SEND MORE MONEY TO IRAQ AND BECAUSE WE ARE BECOMING AN ATM MACHINE FOR MEXICO WHILE OUR OWN PEOPLE STRUGGLE, WE DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS SO WE CAN FEEL LIKE WE’RE DOING SOMETHING IMPORTANT…

SENATOR MENENDEZ TO DELIVER MAJOR SPEECH ON IMMIGRANT RAIDS AND DETENTIONS ON SENATE FLOOR TODAY

 

Menendez to say: “The legitimate desire to get control over our borders has too often turned into a witch-hunt against Hispanic Americans and other people of color”

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Yes, a super long title as you may have noticed but the results are in: Cubans in Florida are waaay in favor of Panamian John McCain over Mexican-American Mitt Romney, and they picked Rudy Giuliani as second place, which means that resurrecting Ronald Reagan in Spanish actually does pay off.

Hispanic GOP voters were going 50 percent for McCain, 26 percent for Giuliani — who received the all-important endorsement from Cuban-born Sen. Mel Martinez — and 16 percent for Romney. Huckabee got 5 percent of the votes from this group, according to the polling.

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Sooo, it is not super official yet, but if AP has it, good enough for coconut standards: Our very own busiest Senator ever, Mel Martínez has decided to support Panamanian born and honorary caucus member John McCain...

Florida senator to endorse McCain

MIAMI - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez will endorse John McCain on Friday, The Associated Press has learned, a move likely to give the Republican presidential candidate a crucial boost with the state’s Cuban-Americans just days before the primary.

The decision is a blow to Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor in a close fight with McCain for support of voters in the Cuban-American community — and to keep his candidacy alive.

Poor Rudy!!! he resurrected Ronald Reagan and ran a bunch of ads in Spanish for nada!