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struggle4progress

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Wed May 23, 2012, 06:56 PM May 2012

Romney Silent On Immigration As Latino Vote Slips Away

Benjy Sarlin
May 23, 2012, 5:54 PM 1724

Mitt Romney addressed a luncheon hosted by the Latino Coalition Wednesday, a conservative group of business owners. Speaking in a lavish marble hall with flags celebrating America’s great explorers on the walls and free tequila on the audience’s lunch tables (the group’s chairman, Hector Barreto, owns a liquor company), Romney’s speech was notable for what it left out: Immigration was not mentioned once, either in the address or in a pre-screened Q&A session.

Instead, Romney focused his remarks on education, outlining a new plan to expand access to charter schools, and touching on his pledge to lower taxes and cut federal spending ...

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/romney-hopes-fired-up-cuban-vote-can-soften-latino-problems.php

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Romney Silent On Immigration As Latino Vote Slips Away (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2012 OP
It's OK Willard. We'll be bringing it back up in TX, AZ, NM, FL....... democrat_patriot May 2012 #1
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