Texas Latino community plays hard to get

As Barack Obama looks to the March 4 Texas primary as an opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign, it’s no secret that broadening his appeal among the state’s sizable Hispanic community is critical.

The problem for Obama – and for Clinton as well, to some degree – is that the Latino community in Texas is so complex and diverse that it makes a targeted appeal (or pander) a very tricky business.

In other words, reaching these voters is not as simple as tossing around a few words in Spanish. “*

*From: http://www.politico.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Stumble it! | |

Other posts that may interest you

Poor Latino kids unlikely to enter Texas welfare system

Mexican Gang Feud Plays Out On YouTube - (warning - graphic)

5th Annual Texas State Black and Latino Playwrights Conference, Texas State University, Austin, TX

Neely School of Business named one of the best b-schools for Hispanics - Texas

Hispanic priest has top-rated radio show - Odessa, Texas

Obama wins Texas. Is this a Sign for Clinton to Concede? (Latina Lista)

Dora Olivo Announces Run For Re-election To Texas House District 27

Listen to song - Manu Chao plays at 19 venues in 2007 North America tour - Hispanic MPR

Move over SpongeBob: Here's a first for Latina cartoon creators - Profile of Sandra Equihua, creator and executive producer of El Tigre

School of Journalism Offers Course for Journalists “Covering the Latino Community” - The University of Texas at Austin