"Obama's lead over Romney among Latinos widening" by Mitchell Landsberg at LA Times

[applegrove]

Obama's lead over Romney among Latinos widening

by Mitchell Landsberg at LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obamas-lead-over-romney-among-latinos-widening-20120718,0,6965896.story

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The poll by Latino Decisions, released Wednesday, showed support for Obama rising to 70% of registered Latino voters, compared with 22% for Romney. If that margin held until the election, it could play a significant role in battleground states with sizable Latino populations, such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado.

Romney isn't ceding the Latino vote, though. He has used Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as a surrogate, and has not discouraged speculation that Rubio could be a vice presidential pick. And his latest Spanish-language ad features his son, Craig, who learned fluent Spanish as a missionary, and makes mention of something Mitt Romney rarely speaks about: the fact that his father, George Romney, was born in Mexico.

“I would like to tell you how my father, Mitt Romney, thinks," Craig Romney says in the ad. "He values very much that we are a nation of immigrants. My grandfather George was born in Mexico. For our family the greatness of the United States is how we respect and help each other, regardless of where we come from. As president, my father will work on a permanent solution to the immigration system, working with leaders of both parties.”

Mitt Romney has not released specifics of his immigration plan, but has promised a more sweeping alternative to Obama's decision, announced last month, to grant legal status to undocumented immigrants who came to this country as children and who meet certain criteria, such as completing high school or serving in the U.S. military.

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[msongs]

1. George R. was a mexican who immigrated to the USA? nah, just more deceit from romney spawn nt

[lunasun]

2. closet latino

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002959844

[AlinPA]

3. It looks like Rubio will be the VP pick. They expect to pick up some ground with Latino voters.