NYT OP-ED: CRUZ VICTORY NOT HISTORIC BECAUSE HE DOESN’T MEET THE “CONVENTIONAL EXPECTATIONS” OF A LATINO

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2/4/2016

NYT Op-Ed: Cruz Victory Not Historic Because He Doesn’t Meet the “Conventional Expectations” of a Latino

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 7:44 am

 

Which are, of course, to be a Democrat.

 

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Made History. Didn’t You Hear?

 

DEFYING most polls and predictions, a Latino won the Republican Iowa caucuses, and another Latino came in third. Together, they won more than half the vote.

 

With Senator Ted Cruz taking nearly 28 percent of the vote and Senator Marco Rubio getting 23 percent, each vastly surpassed the results for any other Latino candidate in any previous United States presidential contest.

 

How is that not being celebrated as historic or at least worth a headline for a day or two?

The answer is not that complicated: Neither Mr. Cruz nor Mr. Rubio meets conventional expectations of how Latino politicians are supposed to behave.

 

Oh? And how is that?

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