Harmeet Dhillon probed universities and state voter rolls at the Justice Department. And she thinks most conservatives are too timid when it comes to the law.
Granted, it doesn't quite have the same ring as "It's the economy, stupid," but it does explain a lot about why Republicans got taken behind the proverbial woodshed and beaten like a red-headed stepchild (apologies to all red-headed stepchildren).
Twenty-five years ago, I dove into the politics of the Latino electorate, studying a cohort of voters that Washington far too often treated as an afterthought or a monolith. At the New Democrat Network, we launched the Hispanic Project, raising and spending (at the time) a record-breaking $8 million to research what truly moved our community and to communicate directly - in Spanish, with authentic nuance, delivered by trusted voices across our diverse communities.