¡Sí, se podía, y sí se hizo!

(Spanish for “Yes, we could, and yes we did”!)

Man, we worked our culitos off for Barack Obama, and it really paid off!  It’s been a week since Election Day 2008, and here are some of the statistics regarding Hispanic voter turnout:

According to the Colorado Independent article entitled “Colorado Latinos turned out in record numbers,”

More than 330,000 Latinos voted in the state last week, compared with 165,000 in 2004, based on exit polling from media outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Voto Latino, a national nonprofit organization that organized Latino voting drives in the state.

The data also shows that the share of Latino voters in Colorado has increased by 9 points to 17 percent since 2004. Nationally Latinos increased their share of the vote from 8 percent in 2004 to 9 percent in 2008, according to The Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization.

This is increible, because it really shows how the electorate in Colorado increasingly has a Hispanic/Latino face.

I think Barack has some quick work to do on immigration reform!  He can’t afford to forget about us.  But I have lots of faith in him, because even during the last week he has shown a lot of solid judgment and good character.  Hell, if he can cut Joe Lieberman some slack, I know he has good things in store for nuestra gente!