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Big challenge for Obama: retain Hispanic support

November 28, 2009 By The Associated Press LIZ SIDOTI (AP National Political Writer)

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Barack Obama has erased George W. Bush's inroads among Hispanics, with these influential voters consistently giving the president exceptionally strong marks and the White House employing an aggressive strategy to keep it that way.

Obama's challenge is to ensure that Hispanics pledge allegiance to the Democratic Party for the 2010 elections and keep supporting him through...

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