Texas Rising Mexican-American political Stars via the Castro Brothers

Great oped by E.J. Dionne Jr.

Mexican-Americans are big fans of the Castro brothers, and as you may already know … Mexicans make up of almost 70% of the entire Latin population pie with Puerto Ricans at 9% and Cubans representing 3%.

Forge ahead Julian!

The 38-year-old mayor of San Antonio, which has boomed into the country’s seventh-largest city, came to national attention much as Barack Obama did, with a first-rate keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Last year in Charlotte, he spoke affectingly of life being not a marathon but a “relay” in which each generation lifts up the next.

His metaphor didn’t have the instant punch of Obama’s 2004 red-and-blue America oration, but it does have staying power, just fine for a man playing the long game.

Castro is looking toward easy reelection in May to his third two-year term, and you can expect him to resist entreaties to run for governor in 2014. Demographic change is not likely to turn red Texas purple until the last part of this decade. “No question it will be more hospitable” to a Democrat, Castro says with a smile.

As it happens, he hits the city’s mayoral term limit in 2017, nice timing for a governor’s race in 2018 or for a run against first-term Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican. Castro rules nothing in or out, but he’s not cagey. He sees a way up, and many Democrats hope he’ll take it.

And his “relay” metaphor was more than a rhetorical device. It describes his political life, and that of his twin brother, Joaquin, a member of Congress.

What makes Mayor Castro especially interesting is the interaction of his pragmatism with the early radicalism of his mother Rosie, his first political mentor. She was a founder of La Raza Unida Party — she eventually returned to the Democratic fold — and a poster from his mom’s unsuccessful 1971 city council race hangs proudly in the mayor’s office. FULL STORY>>>

We hope to see former Texas Mayor Julian Castro help turn the State of Texas turn purple soon.  He is set to speak as keynote speaker for the DNC tonight at 10:00 pm eastern time or 7:00 pm Arizona time.

We need more rising stars like Castro to root out the Republican Congressman Lamar Smith extremists.  Someone like Lamar Smith should not hold power in Texas for much longer and he knows it.  Republicans are the modern day Dixiecrats and are so last generation. They no longer believe in the big tent, which is why we see the Democratic Party working harder for the Latino vote …  and for those of you critics who think Latinos do not want to get wooed — WE DO.

LATINOS HAVE BEEN WANTING BOTH PARTIES TO WORK HARDER FOR OUR LOVE AND THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.  It’s about freakin’ time, too!

According to WIKI:

Castro was born in San Antonio on September 16, 1974^[2] to Maria “Rosie” Castro and Jessie Guzman.^[3] He is the identical twin brother of politician Joaquín Castro.^[2] His mother was a Chicano political activist who helped establish the chicano political party La Raza Unida.

So why does Mexican-American Julian Castro trump Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio?

Easy.  It’s a numbers game.

Almost 70% of the entire Hispanic Population pie consists of those who are of Mexican descent while Cubans consist of only 3% of the Hispanic population pie.

Get the picture?

Cuban Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are for Cuban amnesty while damning the Mexican, Irish, Indian immigrants.  In other words, the immigration issue doesn’t hurt them as much as it does us because they receive amnesty.  Cuban Republicans have squandered their Latino street credibility and in my view it is time for the dog to wag the tail instead of the other way around.

Mexican-American voters are the gold mine due to our sheer numbers and voting strength that will be off the hook as years go on.  Hallelujah to that!

Julian Castro, the “real” Latino rising star and latest Mexican-American/Chicano heart throb.