JUST WAIT UNTIL HE OUTLINES HIS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM (AKA, AMNESTY):

He beamed as his Spanish-speaking son Craig said a few words to the crowd in their native language, and the candidate's grandson Parker extended his own "Hola."

Romney's appearance here was one of three well-attended South Florida rallies he hosted just two days before the pivotal primary on Tuesday.

As his lead over Newt Gingrich in the RCP average of Florida polls has stretched to more than 11 percent, Romney brimmed with confidence as he played to the boisterous, largely Cuban-American crowd.

"If I'm president of the United States, I will stand with free people around the world and speak out for them and do everything in our power to bring freedom to the people of Cuba, and the people of Venezuela, and the people of Iran," he said. "We will stand with freedom fighters all over the world."

His trouble with winning over Hispanic voters was a key reason Romney lost the 2008 make-or-break Florida primary to John McCain.

But with all of the momentum apparently on Romney's side this time, campaign spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said that Hispanics were responding well to the candidate's economy-heavy message.

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