Hispanics could put Obama over the top

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: MSNBC

WASHINGTON - If Barack Obama goes on to win the election, there will be plenty of ink and video spent on chronicling the historic nature of the turnout among young voters and African-Americans.

But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama — particularly in the primaries — it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.

Obama's dominance among Hispanics in the West is proving to be the difference maker in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. In addition, the increased numbers of non-Cuban Hispanics in Florida, as well as the growing Hispanic population in North Carolina and Virginia, could be the tipping voting group in those three states.
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So how did this happen? When this general election began, there were three pieces of evidence cited to develop the conventional wisdom that Obama would under-perform with Hispanics:

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27403090/

[FLyellowdog]

1. It's about time all Americans were represented in the electorate.

:patriot:

[Juche]

2. Right wing bigotry

They are sowing the seeds of their own destruction in the GOP and I am loving it. As it stands very few GLBTs, black people or agnostic/atheists are willing to vote for the GOP. Now Latinos are entering that category too (even though they've historically voted dem Bush made some inroad and got 40% of the latino vote). Naturally everyone should vote for whomever represents their interests, but if one political party is constantly harassing and insulting you it makes it harder to put them into power.

To bad blacks, GLBT, latinos and atheists make up 30% of the electorate. Ah well. That sure backfired.

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. MINORITIES UNITE..... Keep Joe The Plumber's CRACK out of Palin's Ceiling ! ! ! ! !

when it comes to class warfare and color warfare..... the JEWS BLACKS AND HISPANICS WERE ALL BANNED FROM THE COUNTRYCLUBS ! ! !