CA-Sen: California Quake

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Hell no to Blue Dogs from D+8 districts.

How bad of a Blue Dog is she?

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Loretta Sanchez has my endorsement.

Why?

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I imagine Lou Correa is probably going to replace Sanchez in her district, then?

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Loretta Sanchez recorded at the state Democratic Party’s convention making a gesture seen as offensive to Native Americans.

The goofiest thing about this is that she turned out to be talking about someone of Southeast Asian descent, aka actual Indian-Americans.

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Yeah, I took it as meaning that she was told that she was going into a meeting with an Indian-American, didn't know whether that meant Native American or legitimately Indian so she was signaling her confusion to her staff member to find an answer.

Exactly. There's no racism here. She's half-native herself!

Question: Are you counting Mexican ancestry as "native"? Because I would agree that Mexican-Americans tend to have a lot of Mestizo heritage, but that's not what people think of when they say "Native American".

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Per Sanchez, she says she's part-Native American. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/05/17/u-s-senate-candidate-apologizes-after-war-cry-in-reference-to-native-americans-during-convention/

I think all she was honestly saying was that she confused Native vs Indian  - but it didn't go over well at the convention hall. 

I have always respected Ms. Sanchez. She's as far from a racist as can be.

This the the same lady that claimed that the "Vietnamese" were trying to take her seat.