GOP courting Florida’s Cubans - How many cafecitos does it take to win Florida’s Republican primary? The presidential candidates will find out as they jockey for support in the Cuban-American community.

Posted on: January 22nd, 2008
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“Supporters mobbed Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Monday at the venerable Versailles Restaurant in Little Havana, while rival Rudy Giuliani’s banners were plastered across storefronts to the south and east.

The street corner’s divided loyalties could be a metaphor for the Cuban-American community, expected to represent about one out of 10 voters in Florida’s GOP primary on Jan. 29. After years of coalescing behind the Reagan and Bush campaigns, Cuban Americans are now divided among rival GOP camps.”*

*From: http://www.miamiherald.com
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