Obama loosing Hispanic votes

Obama has recently visited some Southern states to regain his hispanic votes. In 2008, Obama won 67% of Hispanics votes. The votes were crucial in the states of Nevada, Colorado and Florida. Bill Whitaker a political science professor in UC Riverside, also a political activist reports that many Hispanics have changed their minds. In 2006, Whitaker organized a massive demonstration demanding a path to citizenships for immigrants. Obama called for comprehensive immigration reform, "I will make it a top priority in my first year as president," stated Obama. This year Obama does not have Whitakers vote, why you may ask. "The issues of war, the issues of the economy. I feel deceived in immigration," says Whitaker. Under the Obama Administration of Massive Deportations, there has been 397,000 deportations as of September 2011. Less than 50% of Hispanics view Obama favorably. Latino's today are the most affected by the recession. Nation Wide Hispanic unemployment is at 11.3% two point higher than the National Average.  "Mr. Obama can't count on Hispanics support in 2012. We still haven't seen a strategy to help the Latino's," says Arturo Vargas. Vargas is the executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. If many hispanics are disappointed in the president, they must be disgusted by the heated republican fight on immigration yet disgust with the GOP doesn't translate into support for Obama. "I think the greatest danger for the president is that Latino voters will not be as enthusiastic in 2012 as they were in 2008, and they may decide to sit out," says Arturo Vargas. To win Obama needs to inspire the level of support he got in 2008. 
By Adriana Lugo


http://widget.newsinc.com/fullplayerwvars.html? wid=2201&cid=993&spid=23541457&freewheel=90080&sitesection=usnews_pol