Latinos For Obama

The 2009 Latino Inaugural Celebration

2009-01-05T15:50:00.009-05:00

In 2008, Latinos played an invaluable role in electing Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. The Latino community across the country was an integral part of the massive grassroots movement that changed the course of our nation's history.

The CasaBlanca Project and Latino Inaugural Celebration Committee formally invites you to celebrate the Latino community's participation in the U.S. presidential election! The event will take place at the Hall of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS) world headquarters in the heart of Washington's national monument district on the evening of Monday, January 19th, 2009. The celebration is being organized by representatives from national and local community based organizations, former campaign organizers, as well as the U.S. Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI), The CasaBlanca Project and Latinas Unidas for Obama. Don't miss out on the premier Inaugural Event of Inaugural Week and join us for an evening to celebrate the significant impact of the Latino vote, the new change in U.S. politics, and the grassroots movement that brought this change about.

The cost per ticket to attend the celebration is $125 (plus a 3% Pay Pal processing fee). Tickets will go on sale on January 2, 2009, at 12 pm at www.LatinoGala.com. Limit six tickets per person. The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. and end at midnight. Enjoy light appetizers and entertainment showcasing various Latin American countries. Black tie optional.

YES WE CAN....AND WE DID!

2008-11-06T01:55:00.004-05:00

67% of Latino voters chose Barack Obama. Our voices have been heard.

This is a truly historic moment. Your countless hours of volunteering and support made the difference as we turned the "Latin swing states" of Florida, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Virginia blue. Now the work and healing begins...

¡MIL GRACIAS POR SU APOYO!

STILL Undecided?

2008-10-30T18:17:00.001-05:00

Latinos For Obama: VOLUNTEER NOW

2008-10-23T18:12:00.004-05:00

With just a few days until Election Day, now is a critical time for us to keep our eyes on the ball (and not just because of the World Series). McCain is unleashing increasingly false, deceptive and negative campaign smears that distract Americans from the real issues affecting them today. We cannot afford another several years of Bush-McSame policies. Please take some time to volunteer for the Obama-Biden campaign in the next few days and help bring real change to Washington.

CALL LATINOS IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES
During the primaries, we made thousands of phone calls into key Latino battleground states and we need your help again to reach thousands of Latino voters over the next critical 15 days. We have launched Latino to Latino calling campaigns into several key battleground states. Help do your part. Commit to making 50 calls, between now and Election Day, to share with other Latino voters why YOU support Senators Obama and Biden. Sign up HERE.

CALIFORNIANS: PLEASE VOLUNTEER IN NEVADA!
Californians sign up here.

October 31- Nov 4th - Obama Nos Llama! Caravana a Nevada
Sign-up: http://my.barackobama.com/obamanosllama
Deadline Sunday Oct 26, 3pm
Transportation & housing need-based on a first-come first-serve basis
If staying all the way through November 4th please register as an absentee voter in California.
If you are planning on bringing a team of 7 or more volunteers, please contact Alida Garcia - agarcia@obamaca.com.

VOLUNTEER IN FLORIDA
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OBAMA (FL RESIDENTS):

VISIT FLORIDA AS PART OF THE “DRIVE FOR CHANGE” (OUT OF STATE RESIDENTS):

Floridians, be sure to VOTE EARLY and avoid long lines on Election Day!

DC/VIRGINIA/MARYLAND: PLEASE VOLUNTEER IN VIRGINIA!
Virginia is a critical swing state that Obama needs to win. We are asking all people in the region to focus their efforts on Virginia. Contact the following people to volunteer:

Carolina Espinal leads the Coordinated Campaign Latino outreach effort: Carolina Espinal (703) 725-4025, carolina.espinal@gmail.com, carolina.espinal@vavictory08.org

Cristina Chiappe directs the Obama for America VA Latino Voter efforts:
Cristina Chiappe (804) 787-3127, chiappe_cristina@yahoo.com

MAKE SURE YOU’RE REGISTERED TO VOTE. THEN FIND YOUR EARLY VOTE LOCATION AND HOURS TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY.

Use our online tool to check if you're registered, and find your Early Vote location right now by clicking HERE

Call Latinos in Key Battleground States for Barack Obama

2008-10-20T17:55:00.003-05:00

During the primaries, we made thousands of phone calls into key Latino battleground states and we need your help again to reach thousands of Latino voters over the next critical 15 days.

We have launched Latino to Latino calling campaigns into several key battleground states. Help do your part.

Commit to making 50 calls, between now and Election Day, to share with other Latino voters why YOU support Senators Obama and Biden to bring about the change America so urgently needs.

Sign up HERE.

La Pasion de la Decision: Make Sure You're Registered to Vote!

2008-10-20T17:48:00.005-05:00

Voting is a serious matter, but this parody telenovela from the folks at the non-partisan organization Voto Latino made us laugh our pantalones off. The clip features Rosario Dawson, Wilmer Valderrama, Perez Hilton, Jane Fonda and several other celebrity guests.

Enjoy, and make sure you're registered to vote! You can verify your registration and find your polling place HERE.

La Pasion De La Decision - Episode 5

Responsible Tax Cuts For Ordinary Americans

2008-10-08T18:18:00.002-05:00

Barack Obama’s tax plan delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility. Coupled with Obama’s commitment to invest in key areas like health, clean energy, innovation and education, his tax plan will help restore bottom-up economic growth that helps create good jobs in America and empowers all families achieve the American dream.

Under the Obama Plan:
-Middle class families will see their taxes cut – and no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase. The typical middle class family will receive well over $1,000 in tax relief under the Obama plan, and will pay tax rates that are 20% lower than they faced under President Reagan. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle class families as the McCain plan.

-Families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s. Obama will ask the wealthiest 2% of families to give back a portion of the tax cuts they have received over the past eight years to ensure we are restoring fairness and returning to fiscal responsibility. But no family will pay higher tax rates than they would have paid in the 1990s. In fact, dividend rates would be 39 percent lower than what President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut.

-Obama’s plan will cut taxes overall, reducing revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan (less than 18.2 percent of GDP). The Obama tax plan is a net tax cut – his tax relief for middle class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000. Coupled with his commitment to cut unnecessary spending, Obama will pay for this tax relief while bringing down the budget deficit.

McCain Wants to Tax Your Health Benefits

2008-10-03T19:25:00.003-05:00

Call Undecided Voters on Behalf of Barack Obama

2008-09-26T18:51:00.003-05:00

Your support is instrumental in rallying support in crucial battleground states like Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Nevada.

We have an exciting new tool called Neighbor to Neighbor that allows you to pick up the phone and talk directly to fellow voters.

Visit Neighbor to Neighbor today and help us win key swing states by reaching out to potential supporters. CLICK HERE.

Talking directly with voters about what is at stake in this election is the single most effective way to deliver the votes we need to win. It may be a tight race, but we have something John McCain doesn't: a whole lot of passion and enthusiasm for change. I've seen it in the towns and cities I've visited in every corner of the country. But it's up to each of us to make sure we turn this energy into votes on November 4th.

Don't let this election be decided by political stunts or distractions. Join your fellow supporters, roll up your sleeves, and help carry this campaign to victory.

Make a difference by calling potential supporters in Nevada, Florida, New Mexico, or Colorado -- states where the race is extremely close and your help could put us over the top. Supporters like you are the only reason we've come as far as we have. Now, we're counting on you to get us the rest of the way.

Thanks for everything you're doing.

The Economy Is Tanking and SHE Could Be Your Leader

2008-09-26T18:43:00.007-05:00

SCARED YET? Please join us at BarackObama.com and help ensure that qualified and capable candidates are in the White House. The world is not a small town and requires big ideas to bring about REAL CHANGE.

For those with a short memory of what troubles the Republican party has led America into, here is a small list:

-a $1 TRILLION dollar disaster that is the Iraq War (a war based on lies and falsified intelligence about supposed weapons of mass destruction); no capture of Osama Bin-Laden in Afghanistan seven years after 9/11.

-a wrecked Economy

-Enron

-complete negligence following Hurricane Katrina

-lack of Health Care for 44 million American citizens

-Denial of Global Warming

-Failing educational standards and underfunding public schools

OBAMA-NOS LLAMA! Bilingual Volunteers from California: Spend a Weekend in Nevada (FREE)

2008-09-17T19:18:00.007-05:00

If you are able to spend a weekend or two in Nevada (a SWING STATE), please be sure to sign up for the OBAMA-NOS LLAMA! CARAVANA TO NEVADA.

We need Latinos and other spanish-speakers in California willing to spend one or two weekends in Nevada campaigning for Obama....conducting voter registration and related efforts in the Latino communities in Reno or Las Vegas. Let's be clear: Latinos will win this election! You, and other California Latinos, are the link to make this happen. We will be organizing Latinos statewide, strategically by having Southern CA focus on the Las Vegas area and Northern CA focus on Reno and surrounding communities.

Although Latinos represent 23% of Nevada's population, many Latinos still need to get registered and encouraged to vote in this election. Without that Latino vote, Obama will lose in Nevada. So...it's up to us....all of us to make a difference now.

Transportation and housing will be provided to those Latinos willing to travel on weekends. The basic itinerary involves vehicles picking up volunteers on late Friday afternoon, transport them to Reno or Las Vegas that same night, train them and house them for the weekend work and return them home late Sunday evening.

SIGN UP FOR SEPT 26TH - 28TH VOLUNTEERING IN NEVADA

Watch & Share the New Obama TV Spot in SPANISH

2008-09-17T14:36:00.002-05:00

Democrats in Non-Swing States: Please Sign up for Drive For Change

2008-09-13T13:23:00.004-05:00

During this troubling time when the GOP is literally running outright lies as ads and avoiding all discussion of the real issues that affect ordinary Americans, everyone must roll up their sleeves and help ensure that the Democrats take back the White House.

If you are a resident of a blue/non-swing state (CA, CT, DC, IL, MD, NY), it’s not enough to just go to the polls in your state. Please do consider spending a weekend or two in a nearby swing state; if Obama-Biden do not win in states like Pennsylvania, Nevada and Virginia, we will have another 4 years of misguided policies and a declining America.

Lastly, if you are not even registered yet with BarackObama.com , please do so – it is a great resource for activities in your area.

DRIVES FOR CHANGE (FOR VOTERS IN SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC STATES):

CALIFORNIA Residents: Drive For Change in Nevada

CONNECTICUT Residents: Drive For Change in New Hampshire

DC Residents: Drive For Change in Virginia

ILLINOIS Residents: Drive For Change in Nearby States

MARYLAND Residents: Drive For Change In Virginia

NEW YORK Residents: Drive For Change in Pennsylvania

California Residents: "Drive For Change" in Nevada

2008-09-11T16:39:00.003-05:00

For those Californians who feel that they can't make enough of a difference because they don't live in a swing state, please sign up for the Nevada "Drive For Change." What could be more fun than a weekend in Vegas or Reno, mobilizing the vote on behalf of Obama?

Click HERE to sign up.

Sarah Palin Gender Card

2008-09-09T19:55:00.005-05:00

Given the current state of real American journalism, it's sad that Comedy Central tells more truth than FOX or CNN. Watch this clip from the Jon Stewart show where they expose the Republican leadership for being TRULY hypocritical and outright lying. Watch Karl Rove denounce Virginia governor Tim Kaine last month as having insufficient leadership experience because he was mayor of Richmond (a city of 200,000 people) while subsequently praising Sarah Palin as being qualified to lead the nation because she was the mayor of Alaska's "2nd biggest city" (an outright lie; Wasilla, Alaska is smaller than Fairbanks and Juneau and has only 9000 people).

Please share this with others. McCain/Palin is no laughing matter.

Sign up for Camp Obama in California

2008-09-08T01:11:00.002-05:00

We wanted to let everyone know about the upcoming Camp Obama sessions being held in California.

As you might have heard, John McCain and his Republican surrogates used their convention to attack Barack and disparage his work as a community organizer.

What they don't get is that ordinary people working together built this movement for change and will lead our campaign to victory in November.

That's why we've had such an amazing response to our Camp Obama sessions so far.

Supporters of all ages and backgrounds, some new to politics and some seasoned veterans, have expressed tremendous enthusiasm for the opportunity to learn the basic organizing principles of this movement and become Deputy Field Organizers in battleground states.

We can't do this without you, and there is still time to sign up. Learn more and apply for a Camp Obama session now. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP.

Fact-Check on Republican Lies About Obama at GOP Convention

2008-09-04T12:00:00.001-05:00

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In several cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth or were outright lies.

Some examples:

PALIN: "I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending ... and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress 'thanks but no thanks' for that Bridge to Nowhere."

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a "bridge to nowhere."

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: "The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama's plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain's plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: "She's been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America's energy supply ... She's responsible for 20 percent of the nation's energy supply. I'm entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America," he said in an interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain's phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she's no more "responsible" for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.

MCCAIN: "She's the commander of the Alaska National Guard. ... She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities," he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under "federal status," which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska's national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: "We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin."

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.

Former POW says McCain is "not cut out to be President"

2008-09-02T23:07:00.001-05:00

Sarah Palin - the most DANGEROUS Vice Presidential Candidate In U.S. History

2008-08-31T01:07:00.003-05:00

Yesterday was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of an Alaskan town of 9,000 people.

Huh?

Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:

-She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.

-She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.

-Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

-Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.

-She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.

How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.

In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made a VERY DANGEROUS decision for our country. In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along to your friends and family.

In the meantime, Ms. Sarah Palin has already made headlines for abuse of power. Click HERE.

Barack Obama Accepts the Democratic Nomination for President

2008-08-30T02:05:00.002-05:00

Hermanos y Hermanas:

Yesterday, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America. This could not have happened without you.

But this is just the beginning. The general election is going to be faster and tougher than anything we've faced so far. And our opponents will do everything they can to tear us down. This campaign belongs to supporters like you who have built this movement from the bottom up. The stakes have never been higher. We cannot afford to continue the disastrous Republican policies of the past eight years that have put this country into an economic downturn, while placing education and healthcare out of reach for millions of hard-working of Americans. Join Barack Obama to bring the troops home from Iraq and restore America’s standing in the global community. ¡SÍ SE PUEDE!

WATCH BARACK OBAMA'S HISTORIC SPEECH

CLICK HERE TO READ THE TEXT OF BARACK'S SPEECH.

HILLARY CLINTON: "No Way, No How, No McCain"

2008-08-26T23:00:00.000-05:00

Barack Obama selects Joe Biden as his running mate

2008-08-23T21:07:00.002-05:00

Joe Biden brings to the table his ability to speak knowledgeably about issues ranging from foreign policy to to the country's domestic agenda.

The Delaware senator has held two of the most important jobs in Washington -- chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senator Biden also has been an early and vociferous critic of President Bush's foreign policies -- most notably regarding the war in Iraq.

Camp Obama in New Mexico (Hispanic Community Leadership Training - Aug. 22nd & 23rd)

2008-08-21T20:09:00.005-05:00

Become a part of the national movement that's changing our politics and transforming our country, neighborhood by neighborhood — sign up now to attend Camp Obama New Mexico, a Hispanic community leadership training, on Friday, August 22nd and Saturday, August 23rd. They will be helping local Hispanic leaders empower themselves with the skills to mobilize voters in their New Mexico communities. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Camp Obama New Mexico
Hispanic Community Leadership Training
Alamosa Community Center
6900 Gonzales Rd, SW (Corner of Bridge and Coors)
Albuquerque, NM 89102.

Friday, August 22nd, 5pm-9pm
Saturday, August 23rd, 9am-9pm

Free

This two-day leadership training session is designed for supporters who want a more in-depth volunteer role in the campaign. Please plan to attend for the full training.

The training is led by Marshall Ganz, professor of community organizing at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and former United Farm Workers organizer, along with national and local campaign staff. All levels of experience accepted and all meals are included.

McCain and his McMansions

2008-08-18T19:47:00.002-05:00

John McCain is soaring to new heights of hypocrisy on his wife's personal jet. He flies around the country bent on duping the public into believing he's "one of them," a regular guy who can empathize with Americans facing an overwhelming economic crush. What's more, he disparages those who oppose his ridiculous policy proposals as “elitist.” But who's the real elitist?

The REAL McCain is a multimillionaire who owns ten luxurious homes. The REAL McCain backs President Bush's tax cuts for big corporations. The REAL McCain empathizes with the interests of our nation's wealthy minority, not its money-strapped majority. But far too many are buying into McCain's deceit because the corporate press won't present the whole picture, so we’re sharing this video to educate the public about the REAL McCain.

Deployed Troops Donate to Obama 6-1 Over McCain

2008-08-16T13:09:00.001-05:00

"Why do the troops hate the troops?"

Honestly, after years of hearing that if you don't support the Bush military policy, you don't support the troops, you have to wonder what the neo-conservatives will do now. Today, a study by the Center for Responsive Politics reported that members of the military are giving more donations to Senator Obama than Senator McCain, and when you just examine those troops who are deployed, Obama attracts more donations by a 6 to 1 factor.

Troops, of course, aren't much different than most Americans, who overwhelmingly oppose the Bush military policy that John McCain would continue (the latest AP-Ipsos poll had 62 percent disapproving of the Bush policy). It's just that troops have a lot more personal experience on this particular issue. We know that those who served believe Iraq has overstreched the military, and for years that those who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are solidly against the current policy.

Now, members of the military are speaking with their checkbooks, and reiterating just how strongly they believe we need to begin to redeploy from Iraq, and go on the offense against al Qaeda, which is making huge gains in Afghanistan.

Read the full article here.