I‘ve received several notices so far in this campaign from “Newt con Nosotros,” but Mitt Romney has a Spanish language operation as well, and it’s just starting to kick in.
In Florida — or “la Florida,” as his campaign puts it — he is hitting the airwaves with a Spanish language ad that features two well-known Cuban members of Congress as well as a former member. The spot is narrated by his son Craig, whose Spanish is much better than that of his father (if you watch to the end you’ll see what I mean).
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Romney’s press release accompanying the ad describes him as “a conservative businessman who believes in the values that have have our nation the most extraordinary in the world.”
Hispanics cast 11 percent of the votes in Florida’s 2008 GOP primary, according to exit polls, the majority of those being Cuban. Thinking in the longer term, President Obama now polls at 46 percent among Florida Hispanics, 11 points behind where he finished in 2008.
