Hispanic hill looms for GOP

Even against Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton begins with a landslide-level advantage among Hispanics.

This early in the game, that’s hardly determinative. But it means Republicans begin the 2016 presidential race with a hill to climb against the former secretary of state and presumptive Democratic nominee. Bush and Rubio, two Florida Republicans presumed to be their party’s strongest contenders for the Hispanic vote since they have Hispanic ties and are on record as supportive of immigration reform in some form, trail Clinton 66 percent-28 percent and 63 percent-32 percent, respectively, in the race for the key bloc, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.