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Obviously he's (Newt) mentioned Rubio too. I think going for Hispanics is a big mistake against Obama. They will never desert Obama. The non-white Hispanics which make up the vast majority of them identify with Obama because of his skin color.

Ah...ye do err my friend. First of all, we don't just need Rubio for the Hispanic vote. We need him to carry Florida. Whoever wins Florida, wins the White House and if you'd like to put some money on that in a wager, I'm ready to put my hard-earned money where my mouth is. Secondly,......

......Obozo does not have the Hispanic vote in his pocket. Like the Black Community with 16% Unemployment, youth and college grads who can't find jobs and millions of others who were duped by Obozo in 2008, they are NOT happy with Obama. He promised Comprehensive Immigration Reform in his first year of Presidency. He has not delivered!!! Hispanics have to pay high gas prices, face forcloseures and layoffs just like everybody else. And,contrary to what you said......

.....THEY DO NOT RELATE TO OBOZO BECAUSE OF SKIN COLOR LIKE BLACKS DO. AND IF I WAS HISPANIC I'D BE AWFULLY PISSED AT YOU FOR MAKING THAT STATEMENT.

Keep in mind I’m not talking about all Hispanics, just the ones who voted for Obummer in 2008. I don’t see many of them changing their vote.

You don’t seem to have been reading the media and polling on Hispanic support for Obama. This article lays it out. It says Rubio does help with some of them, but not an overwhelming amount. I agree he will help big with Florida just like any Senator would help with his home state. How do you win without Florida? Try the 2004 map and replace Florida with Pennsylvania. I’m not saying don’t try to appeal to Hispanics, but the payoff will not be big enough to justify playing a big card like the V.P. slot for it.

If you think 73% of Hispanics approving of Obama has nothing to do with race or color, you are hopelessly ignorant of racial politics in this country. Race obviously means something for the portion who said that they would consider voting for Republicans if Rubio was on the ticket. And you seem to be acknowledging this when you yourself say Rubio would help get Hispanic votes (just like Obama helped get black votes?). Whites are taught not to be racist by our educational system, but the exact opposite is true for all other races. Same deal with women. Men are taught not to be sexist, but the exact opposite is true for women.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2854921/posts

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-poll-hispanic-obama-rubio-20120305,0,7065301.story

Hispanic voters in Florida and across the country give exceedingly high marks to President Barack Obama and overwhelmingly favor his re-election.

Almost one-quarter of U.S. Hispanic voters said they would be more willing to vote for a Republican if Rubio was on the ticket. The number rose to almost four in ten Florida voters, Fox News Latino reported.

The national poll of likely Hispanic voters indicated that 73 percent of them approved of Obama’s performance in office.

Without a Hispanic vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, Hispanic voters nationally favor Obama. In hypothetical head to head matchups with the four Republican presidential candidates, none would get more than 14 percent of the Hispanic vote in November.