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Democrats' New Ads Court Latinos
Wall St. J ^ | July 22, 2011 | JONATHAN WEISMAN

Posted on 07/22/2011 9:14:30 PM PDT by Steelfish

JULY 23, 2011 Democrats' New Ads Court Latinos

By JONATHAN WEISMAN

The Democratic National Committee launched its first advertisement of the presidential election on Friday, a Spanish-language television spot that signals both parties see Latinos as potential kingmakers in 2012.

The DNC launch followed the Monday airing of an ad in Spanish by American Crossroads, a Republican group not subject to campaign-finance limitations, featuring a narrator expressing disappointment in President Barack Obama.

The DNC ad was anchored to the message: "We know who to trust, and who we can't."

The ads are running head to head in Reno and Las Vegas, Nev.; Tampa, Orlando and Miami, Fla.; Denver; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Washington, D.C. They target Latino communities that were critical for Mr. Obama in 2008.

The Obama re-election campaign is counting on larger Hispanic populations in these places next year to compensate for erosion of support for the president among white voters.

"This ad buy, and the fact that it's the first one of the season, sends a very strong signal about just how high a priority the Hispanic community is," said Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.

Mr. Obama's standing with white voters has slid along with perceptions of the economy. But overall, the president's approval ratings are remarkably high compared with the pessimism engulfing the country.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll this week found 47% of Americans approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing, against 48% who disapprove, even though two-thirds of respondents say the country is on the wrong track, the highest percentage of his presidency

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1 posted on 07/22/2011 9:14:34 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll this week found 47% of Americans approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing

You have got to be kidding...

2 posted on 07/22/2011 9:16:54 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Steelfish
The Divided States of America.

Thanks Barry, you lowlife SOB!

3 posted on 07/22/2011 9:16:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Barry! Compromise this!!!)
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To: Steelfish

The boy king and DNC telling Latinos to punish their enemies again.....(Hmmm and people wonder why they support an open borders policy and no voter ID)


4 posted on 07/22/2011 9:17:31 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: Steelfish

Boy are they gonna wish they saved that money...

Palin/Rubio 2012 :)


5 posted on 07/22/2011 9:19:03 PM PDT by MNlurker
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To: Republican Wildcat

GENDER GAP!
No more than 40% Men support Obama.


6 posted on 07/22/2011 9:20:31 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish

bump


7 posted on 07/22/2011 9:28:21 PM PDT by ken21 (liberal + rino progressive media hate palin, bachman, cain...)
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To: Republican Wildcat

It’s time for the red states to separate from this commie union..


8 posted on 07/22/2011 9:32:43 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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To: jakerobins
The boy king and DNC telling Latinos to punish their enemies again.....(Hmmm and people wonder why they support an open borders policy and no voter ID)

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Marxist Barry has zero connection to the USA that most of us grew up in, and couldn't care less about anything constitutional.

Zer0 transparency.
Zer0 responsibility.
Zer0 accountability.

Obama, Lenin and Marx
Lenin, Marx and Jackwagon Obama

COSTING US BILLIONS


9 posted on 07/22/2011 9:34:11 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: max americana
It’s time for the red states to separate from this commie union..

No, it's time for the blue states to get out. Why let them win?

10 posted on 07/22/2011 9:37:27 PM PDT by ElectronVolt
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To: Steelfish
Ah, the Democrat Party, the Party of the Poor. Therefor they have a vested interest in keeping people poor (or impoverishing them a la (Allah) Obama).
11 posted on 07/22/2011 9:52:06 PM PDT by Tuketu (Socialize the Legal System. Then we are all equal before the law.)
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To: ElectronVolt

>No, it’s time for the blue states to get out. Why let them win?<

Yer right. My bad. This time, let’s build a border complete with land mines like the DMZ.


12 posted on 07/22/2011 10:51:38 PM PDT by max americana (FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
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To: Steelfish

Erosion of support for the president among white voters.
Is the DNC telling us that only a dumb hispanic would vote for Obama?.


13 posted on 07/23/2011 3:31:58 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Republican Wildcat
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll this week found 47% of Americans approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing You have got to be kidding...

Take away 30 million illegals and the number drops to 30% with a heavy oversampling of Dims.

14 posted on 07/23/2011 4:59:56 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: Steelfish

How can the Democrats court Latinos if they have done not a thing for them since the last time they courted them?


15 posted on 07/23/2011 6:14:37 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: Steelfish; All

Pandering to collectives (socialists) made up of useful idiots. Great thread BUMP!


16 posted on 07/23/2011 6:35:26 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: eaglestar

They pander to them with the same lame promises they dupe the African Americans with.... hope that we can get enough votes to redistribute all the advantages your way.

The flood gates were left open and now we must deal. I agree the black vote will not leave Obama so the Latin vote looms a bigger prize. As conservatives we MUST start to court the ideas of family and religion to this voting block. When the Latinos wake up to the fact that the liberal mind wants to crush their spirituality they will revolt. I say just run some Bill Maher episodes on secularism as your ad campaign....


17 posted on 07/23/2011 7:14:09 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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