The sleeping giant is stirring - (that be us)

To understand what happened with Republican voters in Florida, keep in mind four things:

No. 1 — The Hispanic vote went to McCain by an overwhelming margin of almost 4-1. According to exit polls, Hispanics made up 12 percent of Republican voters and, of those Hispanics who voted, 54 percent supported McCain. Romney got 14 percent of the Hispanic vote, despite spending heavily on ads in Spanish-language media.

No. 2 — With Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter out of the race, and Mike Huckabee having difficulty convincing GOP hard-liners that his lurch to the right on illegal immigration is sincere, Romney has become the de facto choice for nativists, restrictionists and closed-border enthusiasts. Tancredo, who endorsed Romney, had drawn the ire of Cuban-American voters for referring to Miami as a Third World country.”*

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