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Clinton’s Latino spin – The Clinton campaign’s assertion that Latinos historically haven’t voted for black candidates is divisive — and false.

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Posted on: January 28th, 2008
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“If a campaign official told a that white voters never support black candidates, would the media have swallowed the message whole? What if a campaign pollster began whispering that Jews don’t have an “affinity” for African American politicians? Would the pundits have accepted the premise unquestioningly?

A few weeks ago, Sergio Bendixen, a Clinton pollster and Latino expert, publicly articulated what campaign officials appear to have been whispering for months. In an interview with Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker, Bendixen explained that “the Hispanic voter — and I want to say this very carefully — has not shown a lot of willingness or affinity to support black candidates.” “*

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