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GOP banks on McCain to lure Hispanic vote (Stephen Dinan, February 27, 2008, Washington Times)

Two years ago, Republicans fought over immigration and hemorrhaged Hispanic voters. Now they are poised to nominate the one man who can rebuild the Hispanic voter coalition that pushed President Bush twice to victory, the architects of that coalition say.

"I think the only candidate that Republicans have running for president who could retain those votes is in fact Senator McCain," said the Rev. Luis Cortes Jr., president of Esperanza USA, founder of the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and a key player in helping Mr. Bush connect with Hispanic voters during his two runs for office.

The electoral math gets pretty formidable if the Democrats can't count on carrying Latinos.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 27, 2008 9:04 AM