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Obama courting Latinos as Republicans falter
With Hispanic voters upset at Republican presidential candidates over immigration, President Barack Obama played to a Latino audience on a trip to the West this week to shore up support from a group that is key to his re-election hopes.
Obama, a Democrat, made stops in California, Colorado, and Nevada. The latter two are swing states where the sizable Hispanic population could mean the difference between winning and losing in 2012.
Though Obama’s trip was not billed as a Hispanic outreach tour, his public and private events were clearly designed with the Latino vote in mind.
Between the two camps, only President Obama seems interested in attracting Latino votes right now, with Republicans continuing to damage their image and long-term reputation with hostile and inflammatory remarks about immigrants,” said Latino Decisions pollster Matt Barreto.
