[jospehm20]

I do not see the ability to speak Spanish as a huge plus for an American President.

[skeeter]

The GOPe sure does.

They see the "hispanic" voting block, if there is such a thing, much the same way as corporate America looked at China 25 years ago - the answer to all their prayers, if they could just figure out how to crack it.

[RayChuang88]

Actually, being fluent in Spanish is VERY useful in the Western Hemisphere because most countries south of the US-Mexico border do speak some form of the language. As such, being fluent in the language means you can easily travel throughout Mexico, Central America and South America outside of Brazil. (Interestingly, many Brazilians do try to learn Spanish because it is very necessary given most the countries that border Brazil speak this language.)