Latinos Now Favor Obama - Poll

Protestant Latinos, a growing group of voters who were key supporters of President Bush in 2004, have shifted their backing to Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, driven in large part by anger toward Republican immigration policies, according to a poll released Thursday."

Cultural Commentary: McCain and his Pandora Palin have shot themselves in the foot when you think about it. If a Latino learns that McCain calls Asians "Guks" and has spun up Sarah Palin to whip up mobs of right wing nuts screaming kill him, off with his head, this is troubling. A Latino does not have to be a brain surgeon to understand that they are not far behind. It is not like anti-humanist haters only hate one group of people.

What we need in this country at this critical time in unity and Latino Americans, like the rest of us, have concluded that Obama is the best man for the job.

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