Thread: Obama’s $20M Hispanic outreach program reveals lasting con

Obama’s $20M Hispanic outreach program reveals lasting concerns
By Sam Youngman and Jared Allen
Posted: 07/29/08 07:21 PM [ET]



Democrats are concerned that Barack Obama is struggling to connect with Hispanic voters, and their new $20 million outreach program shows that, one Democratic congressman said.

Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) success with Hispanic voters during the primary process is something Sen. Obama’s (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is well aware of, just as it knows Hispanic voters are critical to winning key battleground states.

Serrano, a Clinton supporter during the nomination fight, told The Hill that there is not as much of a traditional “disconnectâ€

Unfortunately, both the citizen of the world and the citizen of this hemisphere are both working as hard as they can to undermine what this nation has stood for: respecting our laws.