Mitt Romney's Hispanic dilemma
Mitt Romney's Hispanic dilemma
- January 13, 2012
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science associate professor, is quoted in the Washington Post January 12, 2012
From the Washington Post:
On Wednesday morning, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney put out an ad in Spanish
in Florida. That afternoon, he touted the endorsement of Kansas Secretary of State
Kris Kobach, who co-authored the controversial immigration laws in Arizona and Alabama....
"A strong turnout of Cuban voters for Romney could balance out other Latinos" in Florida,
said Dr. Louis DeSipio, a political science professor at the University of California,
Irvine. (Cuban voters tend to turn out in higher numbers than others of Hispanic heritage.)
But even Romney's Cuban-American supporters in Florida break with him on immigration.
His heated rhetoric on illegal immigration has gotten widespread coverage in Hispanic
media - which will be an even bigger problem for Romney outside the Sunshine State.
For the full story, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romneys-hispanic-c....
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