McCain Launches Hispanic Outreach
"John McCain reached out to Hispanic voters on Monday as he
sought to win over a constituency that has moved away from his Republican Party but could prove key in swing states in a close U.S. presidential election in November. The Arizona senator's campaign launched a Spanish language Web site to mark the Mexican Cinco de Mayo festival and McCain told reporters that 'everything about our Hispanic voters is tailor-made to the Republican message,'" Reuters reports. "Hispanic support for the Republican Party has ebbed in recent months, following a bruising battle over illegal immigration. Republican lawmakers sank a comprehensive immigration bill last June that would have created a path to citizenship for many of the 12 million mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants living in the shadows in the United States."
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