Politics: Afternoon Edition: Obama courts Hispanic supporters

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The Washington PostFriday, June 22, 2012
Politics Afternoon Edition
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HEADLINES

  1. Obama courts Hispanic supporters

    A week after unveiling a new immigration policy, President Obama speaks to a conference of Latinos in Florida.
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  2. Romney-Rove event raises coordination issue

    Republican candidate Mitt Romney is hosting GOP strategist Karl Rove at a retreat for donors in Utah this weekend, raising objections about coordination between Romney's presidential campaign and two interest groups advised by Rove.
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  3. Rubio calls for bipartisan action on immigration

    One week after President Obama pre-empted him by taking executive action to halt some deportations, Rubio delivered a call for bipartisan action on immigration reform - then blasted the president's implementation of his own idea as election-year politics.
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  4. Romney response: Outsourcing vs. offshoring

    The Post's Tom Hamburger reported Friday that Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney led from 1983 to 1999, has "invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India."
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  5. Democratic pollster Secrest shuts down firm

    Democratic pollster Alan Secrest announced Friday that his polling firm will shut down after nearly three decades due to money problems.
    » Read full article


QUOTE OF THE DAY

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) calling for bipartisan action on immigration reform:

"I don't care who gets the credit, I don't. But it exposes the fact that this issue is all about politics for some people. Not just Democrats, Republicans too"



MULTIMEDIA

Video: Obama faces some challenges in wooing Hispanic vote at NALEO

Today's Trail Mix comes to you from Orlando, Fla., where President Obama is expected to speak to the NALEO conference of Hispanic officials one day after his presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney addressed the same group. Polling shows Obama has the upper hand over Romney among Hispanic voters, particularly in the wake of his move last week to halt the deportations of some illegal immigrants. But the president still has work to do when it comes to wooing the Hispanic vote, as we explore in today's video.


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