Obama needs to be cautious with Latinos

When Barack Obama strolled over to the “barrio” last week, he took a calculated risk.

There, in the left corner of the House chamber where Hispanic Democrats gather during floor votes, the presidential candidate walked into territory dominated by fierce loyalists of his Democratic rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Protocol demanded that Obama not be too pushy, not too ready to act as the “presumptive nominee,” especially on a day when Clinton had vowed to stay in the presidential race despite Obama’s growing tally of votes for the party nomination.

But he is going to need the Latino leaders — really need them — if he heads the Democratic ticket this year. And the Congressional Hispanic Caucus knows it.”*

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