Cuban Americans cynical over anti-Castro rhetoric

Now, 46 years later, the Republican flame is flickering. New generations less versed in the events of 1961 are more open to Democratic advances. “It would be dangerous for the Republicans to take the Cuban American vote for granted,” said Damien Fermandez of the Cuban research institute at Florida International University.

All four main Republican candidates - John McCain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Huckabee - have been courting the Cuban American vote, homing in on older exiles where affiliation with the Republicans holds strong. About 400,000 of the 3 million Republicans in Florida are Hispanic, most of Cuban descent.

The candidates have been seeking to outdo each other in terms of their anti-Castro credentials. McCain evoked memories of having been a pilot on board a US aircraft carrier involved in the Cuban missile crisis the year after the Bay of Pigs.”*

*From: http://www.guardian.co.uk
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