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...hard-line Cuban-American leadership also wants to preserve the political clout it enjoyed during the cold war. And it is increasingly isolated, even within Florida. In a poll cited by the St. Petersburg Times last week, 83% of Florida's Hispanics opposed sending Elian back to his father in Cuba, while 81% of its blacks and 65% of its non-Latino whites favored it. Regardless of who "wins" the battle over Elian, sociologist Max Castro laments, the exiles are "damaging their cause in most Americans' eyes." In short, Castro's archfoes may have trapped themselves in more ways than...
...made for great TV. There was Maxine Waters, an outspoken member of the congressional Black Caucus, live on CNN defending the Clinton Administration's efforts to return Elian Gonzalez to his father in Cuba. Suddenly, on air, Waters learned that Al Gore had come out in support of the Cuban exiles who are trying to keep Elian in Miami. Waters exploded, saying she would "rethink" her endorsement of the Vice President. The next morning, Gore phoned Waters to make peace. It seemed to help. "He apologized profusely," she recalled. "We disagree, but I think he's sincere...
...Gore, the Waters debacle was a reminder of the perils of ethnic politics. The Vice President's decision to align himself with Cuban-American voters may have helped his chances of carrying Florida, but the move has Gore's black allies shaking their heads. "This was purely a political decision catering to the Cuban Americans in Miami," says Congressman Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who represents Harlem...
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FIDEL CASTRO Lets dad go to U.S.; takes edge in cute Cuban urchin p.r. war. Time for Gore to adopt Elian...