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Sen. Barack Obama emerged from his attempt to sway members of the Florida Hispanic community with a Treasure Coast civic leader in his camp.
Bobby Rodriguez, who oversees a Treasure Coast Hispanic empowerment committee that counts about 1,000 area residents as members, said he went into a meeting with Obama Wednesday expecting to hear “the same rhetoric” one hears from all politicians.
Instead, Rodriguez, who has previously met President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton, said he left “awed.” “*
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