A banner hung behind Republican Mitt Romney today at his campaign rally in Kissimmee, Florida, where he was introduced in both English and Spanish: “Necesitamos una recuperation genuina.” “We need a genuine recovery.” It’s the same message his English-language banners have...
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A sign endorsing President Barack Obama hangs in a window of the Lechonera El Barrio Restaurant in a mostly hispanic district of Orlando, Florida.
Florida Hispanic Vote: Obama’s Bet
Florida: Eight-Point Gap in Two Polls
In Florida, President Barack Obama is either one point ahead of Republican Mitt Romney. Or seven points behind him. Pick a poll. A survey conducted this week for the Tampa Bay Times and Miami Herald found 51 percent of likely...
Read more »Hispanic View of Democratic Party Favoring Obama by 69-21% — Pew
During the Republican presidential primary campaign, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called on undocumented immigrants to “self-deport” and voluntarily return to their home countries. “The answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because...
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A polling site in Manhattan.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 23.7 million
That’s how many Hispanics will be eligible to vote in the Nov. 6 presidential election, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis. That’s an increase from 19.5 million eligible Hispanic voters in 2008, when 9.7 million voted in the election....
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Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey, at the Democratic National Convention.
Castro, Booker: Paths from City Hall in a Swiftly Changing Nation
Most of them have come from governors’ offices in the past century: The presidents of the United States. Some from the Senate. Not since Calvin Coolidge, however, has a one-time mayor of an American city become president. He came from...
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Romney’s Spanish Ads: Bright, Dark
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is reaching out to Hispanic voters with an upbeat message promising he will create jobs and greater opportunity. But as Election Day approaches, he’s also working in swing states to sow doubts about President Barack...
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President Barack Obama sits during a break in a taping of Univision's "Meet the Candidates" in Coral Gables, Florida.
Obama’s `Biggest Failure’ — President’s Promise Broken?
President Barack Obama, speaking about his “biggest failure” during his term in office, was asked today if he had broken the promise on which he ran for the White House. No, he said, it shows that work remains to be...
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Mitt Romney arrives on stage to take part in Univision's show "Gran Encuentro" with moderators Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas in Miami on Sept. 19, 2012.
Romney: `Obama-care’ Grandfather
Suddenly, Mitt Romney is taking credit for mandatory health insurance coverage. In the Republican Party’s primaries, it was all the former governor of Massachusetts could do to dodge the challenges of party rivals in televised debates comparing the health-insurance mandate...
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Mitt Romney, on the air in the media hold room at the Univision studios, is interviewed by Univision News, moderated by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas, in Miami on September 19, 2012.
Romney Softens Immigration Stance
Mitt Romney softened his rhetoric on immigration today, telling a television audience of Hispanic voters that he would not forcibly deport millions of immigrants. “We’re not going to round up people around the country and deport them,” he said, in...
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Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 23, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Romney’s Latino Pitch: `Politics Has Been Put Ahead of People’
Republican Mitt Romney, the winner of a party presidential primary contest that tested how tough candidates were willing to talk about illegal immigration, will try to make amends today with a speech in Los Angeles embracing “a nation of immigrants.”...
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