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Article: Hispanic vote anxieties.(COMMENTARY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2004
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Byline: Donald Lambro, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Democrats worry President Bush could cut deeply enough into the large Hispanic vote to guarantee his re-election. So much so that, earlier this month, party strategists voiced such concerns behind closed doors at a congressional retreat in the Virginia mountains.
They were responding to a surprisingly frank campaign strategy memo that painted a grim picture of their party's prospects with this politically pivotal voter bloc - unless something is done to blunt Mr. Bush's popularity in the Hispanic community.
The memo, a copy of which I obtained from a Democratic Party official, indicated Hispanics ...