Hispanic vote

How Fox Noticias could change American politics

For years, in the absence of a Spanish-speaking, right-leaning news channel, discussions about the need for Fox en Español have been prevalent. With the Hispanic electorate becoming the second-largest voting bloc in the country — one that is more swayable than the black voting bloc — politicos have been pitching the idea for a while. Investors, however, weren’t always convinced. Now though, things have changed. Fox News Media announced last week that they will release a daily one-hour-long Spanish-language program entitled Fox Noticias on October 15. The show, which will air on Fox Deportes, the longest-running Spanish-language sports network, will air every weekday at 4 p.m. ET.

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What’s the point of these debates?

Welcome to Thunderdome everyone, where the top question on our minds after last night’s craptastic showing from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley is: what is the actual point of these debates, and are they actually designed to help the GOP, or just do favors for its partisan enemies? The answer isn’t as obvious as you’d like to think. Surely the point of debates is to offer people a view of the Republican Party as engaged, serious, compelling and caring about the priorities of the American people. That’s all expressions of mood as opposed to policy or ideology, but we’re not getting any of the latter or the former to this point.