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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: stockman_scott who wrote (10801)	4/4/2004 9:37:41 AM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10965

I agree with your assessment of Richardson in Arizona and Mexico, but not Florida. There are a lot of Mexicans and Central Americans in Florida, but they tend not to become citizens (most of them expect to go back home eventually), and thus are not in the voting pool. The Cubans are the strongest voting block among hispanics, and they are a one-issue constituency ... their primary concern is maintaining the Cuban embargo. Richardson is in favor of lifting the embargo: "President Clinton's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, Rep. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., is an outspoken critic of the U.S. embargo of Cuba." "Such comments provoke the wrath of South Florida's Cuban-American community, said Dario Moreno, a professor of political science at Florida International University. And a trip by Richardson to the island last year, which resulted in the release of three Cuban political prisoners, led some Cuban Americans to accuse Richardson of cutting deals with Cuban President Fidel Castro." 64.21.33.164 So I think he most likely would be a wash in Florida, with a strong possibility that he would do more harm than good.