Barack Obama meets with Hispanic Democrats to court Latino vote

Sen. Barack Obama met Tuesday evening with Inland Rep. Joe Baca and other Hispanic Democrats in Congress to begin work on a strategy for capturing the Latino vote, a clear weakness in the Illinois senator’s bid for the presidency.

Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and roughly two dozen of the group’s members gathered behind closed doors with the presumed Democratic presidential nominee for just under an hour. Also at the meeting was Cuauhtémoc “Temo” Figueroa, who grew up in Riverside County and was recently picked to be Obama’s Latino Vote Director.

Obama’s campaign said the meeting was the first in a series of strategy sessions with the caucus, which is expected to play a major role in getting out the Latino vote.”*

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