Obama looks for Hispanic support From: politico.com
Tagged: Barack Obama, hispanic voters, Mexico, parents, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Xavier BecerraPosted on: June 10th, 2008
When Rep. Xavier Becerra endorsed Barack Obama back in January, even his own parents wanted to know why. “Don’t you know the Clintons?” they asked. “Didn’t they do good stuff for us in the past?”
Becerra, a Democrat from California, says the reaction he got from home underscores the challenge Obama faces now: how to win over Hispanic voters who voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton in the primaries and now hold the keys to victory in states such as Florida, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. “*
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