Hispanic Caucus turns into shouting match between Obama and Clinton supporters - Texas

The normally staid business of the State Democratic Convention was broken by a raucous vote in the Hispanic caucus on Friday. The shouting match centered on a proposal to send a motion to the nominating committee to respect the primary vote instead of allocating all the delegates to Sen. Barack Obama.

“It’s really nothing,” said Maria Gonzales, a delegate from Senate District 26. “It distributes the votes by area. If the valley went 90 percent for Hillary and Obama won other places, Obama wouldn’t get a vote in the valley and Hillary wouldn’t get a vote in the places Obama won.”

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