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Obama campaign is gearing up for Florida November battle - Tampabay.com
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:36:02 GMT

Obama campaign is gearing up for Florida November battle
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By Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor TAMPA — While most of the political world was still buzzing about Mitt Romney's overwhelming Florida primary win, Ashley Walker rose from her seat to address a room full of Florida field directors for the ...
Is There Hope for Obama in Fla. Results? A Sliver.RealClearPolitics

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Puerto Rico trip by Supreme Court justices angers politicians waiting for ... - Patriot-News
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:47:03 GMT

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Puerto Rico trip by Supreme Court justices angers politicians waiting for ...
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DAN GLEITER, The Patriot-News, 2010 State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille, above right, is at a conference in Puerto Rico. "It's outrageous," Erik Arneson, director of policy and communications for Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, ...
Reporter's Notebook: Campaigning muddled by redistrictingCarlisle Sentinel
Redistricting madness leaves elections in confusionThe Unionville Times

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In Florida, a changing Latino mosaic reshapes politics - Moneycontrol.com
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:15:31 GMT

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In Florida, a changing Latino mosaic reshapes politics
Moneycontrol.com
... now includes a fast-growing Puerto Rican population, an influx of South Americans and a rising number of Mexicans. The evolving demographic will likely force both Republican and Democratic politicians to rethink ways to woo Florida Latino voters.
Hardliners and Swing Voters: Florida's Fractured Latino VotersWNYC
Mitt Romney: First Gringo-Latino President?Fox News
Campaign Journal: Florida is first test of Hispanic vote in presidential raceDallas Morning News (subscription)
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In 2012, the Candidate Who Wins the Puerto Rican Vote Will Have a Leg Up in ... - Slate Magazine
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:35:55 GMT

Slate Magazine

In 2012, the Candidate Who Wins the Puerto Rican Vote Will Have a Leg Up in ...
Slate Magazine
There is no reliable method to precisely measure turnout by country of origin, but results from precincts in Orlando's Puerto Rican neighborhoods—and interviews with pollsters, academics, and political operatives and officials—suggests that in 2008 ...
Latino-vote coup? Puerto Rico Gov. Fortuño likely to endorse Mitt Romney ...MiamiHerald.com (blog)

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Coming up on CNN - CNN (blog)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:51:43 GMT

Coming up on CNN
CNN (blog)
It might be one of the most important stories in US Latino history and it began in 1926, when Felícita Gómez Martínez, Méndez' mother, arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, from Puerto Rico. That was the year Arizona cotton growers arranged with the US Bureau ...

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Florida Latino Vote Pits Cuban-American Republicans Against Puerto Rican Democrats - Huffington Post
Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:03:54 GMT

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Florida Latino Vote Pits Cuban-American Republicans Against Puerto Rican Democrats
Huffington Post
Now, politicians face two diametric Hispanic voting blocs in Florida: Cuban-American Republicans concentrated in South Florida, and Puerto Rican Democrats concentrated in Central Florida. Both will play a major role in deciding who wins this crucial ...
Romney stance on Dream Act is magnified in Floridaabc11.com
Still no active Latinos in historic Orange Hispanic district raceOrlando Sentinel (blog)

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Congressional Republicans Grill Eric Holder In Fast And Furious Hearings - Ology
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:50:06 GMT

Congressional Republicans Grill Eric Holder In Fast And Furious Hearings
Ology
Labrador was from Puerto Rico, but how he lectured the representative on the respect due his office. Democrats on the committee, meanwhile, accused their Republican colleagues of orchestrating a “witch hunt” against Holder's Justice Department that has ...

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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Ginsburg takes tips on democracy to sites of ... - Washington Post
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:36:31 GMT

SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justice Ginsburg takes tips on democracy to sites of ...
Washington Post
But the justice said she was quite familiar with the issue, as the New York-born child of Puerto Rican natives. Puerto Rico has a slightly different status as a commonwealth, but also lacks votes for president and a vote in Congress.

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Puerto Rico to Boot Dozens of Politicians - Fox News
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:26:52 GMT

Puerto Rico to Boot Dozens of Politicians
Fox News
It's a popular sentiment on the island, where local politics, especially the endless debate over Puerto Rico's relationship to the US, is an obsession. In good times and bad, disdain for politicians is widespread. But Puerto Ricans have perhaps more ...

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Romney confronts a very different Latino voter in Nevada - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:46 GMT

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Romney confronts a very different Latino voter in Nevada
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Many of Florida's Hispanic Republicans are of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent. Cubans and Puerto Ricans don't face the same immigration hurdles as other Latinos because Cubans are granted a path to citizenship once they arrive to the country and Puerto ...
GOP candidates court Hispanic vote to varying degreesLas Vegas Sun
As Republicans shift west, attracting Latinos a challengeSan Jose Mercury News

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