President Obama Gets Early Endorsement From United Farm Workers

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22. Whether that's enough to get them to show up and vote is another matter...

I doubt that polling is among likely voters. That's really the issue to be concerned with, but as you can see clearly from the issue polling, there is some shakiness to that support. A lot can change between now and next November; we need to take efforts to make sure Latinos don't stay home because we really need their votes in Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. We can't stick our head in the sand on this issue and say everything is perfectly fine, and we don't need to take pro-active measures to shore up that voting bloc because it might aggravate other groups. Anyone that is going to be aggravated by such support for immigration reform probably isn't going to vote Obama at the end of the day or is in denial.

Here is my thread from the BOG (before my banishment) in which I say nothing but that, free of talking points of any form, very clearly saying nothing other than that:

What should Team Obama be doing to communicate to the Latino community that Democrats want real immigration reform? The Republicans are going to attack on this issue anyway so we might as well have a firm position heading into 2012.

There is nothing about immigration under "Issues' and the Latino's Group is plain: http://www.barackobama.com/latinos?source=primary-nav - Why isn't the Obama campaign getting out in front of this issue? I don't think we can win by shying away from the wedge issues. I think they should have recorded video statements for the website and youtube saying exactly where he stands. I'm really not happy with the way the website looks (it's "preppy" in color and "cloudy" in design - I'd like to see a more traditional layout and coloring), and yes I have applied for a job with the campaign and no luck

http://www.democraticunderground.com/11021786

Unless we're going to concede the Southwest - We need a strong campaign to Latinos and immigration reform is one of the big issues with similar basic concerns to other groups also being important. Let's not sit and count our blessings before we've been blessed again in November 2012.