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01/15/2008: "Minority votes determine American elections, promote racism"

You'll hear a lot about the Hispanic vote leading up to "Super Duper Tuesday" on February 5. That's when presidential primaries occur in 23 states, several with large Hispanic populations.

Hillary Clinton got off to a rocky start. While chatting with Hispanic voters in a Mexican restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada, last week, she stretched for an analogy to explain how all Americans are connected and their problems interconnected despite the fact that "we treat them as though one is guacamole and one is chips."

In this election, Republicans will likely take a thumping since many Hispanics blame them for turning the immigration debate into a culture clash and giving it an anti-Hispanic flavor.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/14/navarrette/index.html


Far-fetched as it would have seemed a month ago, the seeds of self-destruction are being planted in the war of coded words about race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The bickering has exploded in the space of a week into Topic A in the Democratic race, supplanting for the moment the war and the economy and health care . and shows no sign of a quick resolution.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1703310,00.html?cnn=yes

With nomination contests in lily-white Iowa and New Hampshire settled, minority voting power now moves into the spotlight.

Historical realities suggest that blacks and Hispanics won’t play much of a role in determining the Republican Party presidential nominee. But this year’s Democratic primary and caucus schedule was designed specifically to give increased influence to minorities, particularly Latinos.

A Hispanic-black divide is already showing in the nomination battle.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22626208/

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