Word: hispanicization
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Flanked by his wife, who is also wearing a dark suit, and campaign staffers, Romney chats with some Hispanic-American entrepreneurs before the event.
"I also commit that I will not just have a token Hispanic-American," he said. "I will search across the country and find people of different backgrounds."
The Latin-American community has typically been viewed as a Democratic stronghold, but they are beginning to move toward the right, said Mercedes L. Barnet, president of Massachusetts Hispanic Republicans.
"Republicans will earn 90 percent of the Hispanic vote," she promised.
She said voters are beginning to tire of incumbent Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 because he has taken the support of the Hispanic community for granted.