Soon to join the “Coffee Party” in the bowels of obscurity.
(NYDN) — The Tequila Party – yes, that’s its name – is holding its kickoff event Saturday in Tucson.
The independent, grass-roots group is the brainchild of Fernando Romero, a Democrat who is president of Hispanics in Politics, a nonpartisan Nevada group.
The Tequila Party gets its impetus from the deep-seated Latino disillusionment with President Obama’s performance on issues important to them.
There is no more defining issue for Latinos than immigration. Although Hispanics share the concerns of the rest of the population, a public figure’s attitude towards immigration acts for Latinos as sort of an honesty-demagogy scale.
“U.S. policies should be pro-immigration, not against it,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) said recently. “We have to challenge Republicans but also Democrats.”
Although Republicans fare even worse, President Obama is gliding precariously just above the bottom of the scale.