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Where does candidate stand with key voting bloc?
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- Date Jun 5, 2012
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Welcome back to sunny walker shot no great block tonight's would continue our special coverage.
Well voters are deciding who will run Wisconsin for the next two and a half years the Republican who wants to move into the White House next year.
He's engaged in what could be seen as an uphill battle tonight chief political correspondent Carl Cameron reports on Mitt Romney and the Hispanic.
-- felt.
At a Latino owned business in Fort Worth Mitt Romney stepped up his criticism of president Obama's quote hostility toward free enterprise arguing that Hispanics a potentially pivotal voting bloc in several key swing states.
Are among the hardest hit.
I see this president today I don't think he understands the power of free people.
Creating free enterprises to lift other people and put them to work Romney released a Spanish attack.
Video dubbed -- dismal highlighting last week's lousy federal jobs report for Latinos unemployment jumped from ten point three to 11% last month among Hispanics three points higher than the national average.
I'll be the president for all Americans and make sure this economy is good for all American.
Hispanic and -- been otherwise.
Team Obama counters that Latino unemployment dropped over the last 27 months and Romney in the right -- -- -- Obama policies that have benefited minorities the president the latest national poll -- 61 to 27% among Latino voters and they could be a crucial voting constituency and -- -- battleground states like New Mexico Colorado and Florida.
The Obama administration has deported more Latinos than any prior president so far he has not outlined his promised immigration reforms.
Romney's offered no immigration reform plan either but has said he'll consider recommendations.
From Florida US senator Marco Rubio a potential vice presidential pick of Cuban descent.
Who could help Romney appeal to Hispanic voters.
Mr.
Obama senior political advisor David Axelrod suggested this weekend that Latinos will be quote insulted and see it as pandering.
I don't think Marco Rubio.
Will -- exonerates governor Romney.
For the very very extreme positions he's taken.
On on immigration and for his bad economics.
When it comes to the interest of the of of Latino community.
That could backfire on Democrats reveals a leading US Latino politician.
Probably hasn't given any hints about who was VP pick might be but as is recently have repeatedly suggested that a selection could come well before the August convention.
In order to get the completed ticket out of the trail soon as possible right.
We'll have -- here on fox Carl thank you.
Almost everyone is aware.