Mayor Jerry Sanders

Mayor Jerry Sanders

Like the rest of us, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will find out on November 6 who’ll be the next man to take over his office. And on December 3, when the new mayor swears in, Sanders will be a free man, able to speak his mind without political constraint.

“If I win, it's because of Latinos”, president Barack Obama told the Des Moines Register newspaper in an interview last week. Not many people deny the importance of the Latino vote this year. However, this ethnic group cannot be seen as just one voting bloc, especially not when dealing with Cuban independent voters.

By all accounts California is a Democratic State. But, from Reagan, to Wilson, to the Governator, its had its fair share of Republican leaders. San Diego, the Central Valley, and most of the Northern region are traditionally Republican strongholds as well. But the trend in voter registrations must be troubling for the California Republican Party.