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Martínez left the post tion gains among Latino vot- to run for the Senate from The Democratic Party has The letter was being de- ers and two high-profile Cabi- Florida; on Nov. 2, the Repub- neglected Latino voters for livered to members of the net appointments make it clear lican won the open Senate seat. a decade and risks severe Democratic National President George W. Bush and In his re-election campaign, election losses unless it Committee’s executive the Republicans are playing Bush built upon his 2000 gains changes course now, committee, who are meet- exit polls. for keeps with the nation’s fast- and at least 40 percent of mistakenly assumed Latinos Latinos in Congress wrote ing in Orlando, Fla., start- Democrats must stop this est-growing minority group. Latinos backed his candidacy, were part of the party’s base party leaders Thursday. ing Friday. trend by treating Latino vot- The long-term implications according to exit polls con- instead of a swing voting bloc. “It is time for the leader- The letter includes the ers as a swing vote, not as of the Republican Party’s ef- ducted for The Associated Press The party has defended its ef- forts to court Latinos are sig- and the television networks. fort, contending that it acti- ship of the Democratic Party demand that “any future part of their base, and im- nificant for both major politi- Weeks after securing a sec- vated its most far-reaching ef- to face the facts. ... Republi- chair have a serious plan proving their message to cal parties, analysts and parti- ond term, Bush put an excla- fort to court Latinos ever. cans have been committed, (for) changing this dy- Latinos, the letter says. san strategists say, given that mation point on his campaign- Still, Kerry failed to win methodical and are clearly namic.” The Democratic It also recommends inte- the Latin American immigrant trail rhetoric about his com- any states in the Southwest, a winning the battle for the National Committee will grating Latinos into the community has become a pow- mitment to the Latino commu- heavily Latino region. He lost Hispanic voters,” said the choose a new chair in Feb- party’s senior staff, provid- erful swing voting group. nity: He nominated two ac- Florida, also home to signifi- letter by the newly elected ruary, and potential candi- ing state parties with more “This all is a clear sign that complished Latinos to serve in cant numbers of Latinos. With leaders of the Congressional dates will make pitches in resources to reach Latino the Republicans are serious his Cabinet. Bush solidifying his hold on about capturing the Latino The president tapped the South and making gains in Hispanic Caucus (CHC), in- Orlando to state party chairs. voters, and demonstrating vote to make it part of their Alberto Gonzáles, a Texas na- the Midwest, the Southwest cluding incoming Chair- The letter reflects ex- an understanding that the base and that the Democrats tive and the Harvard-educated shapes up as the one region woman Rep. Grace treme frustration among Hispanic community is di- are at risk of losing what used son of migrant farm workers, to Democrats have the best Napolitano, D-Norwalk. Latinos over the election verse, not monolithic. to be perceived by them as a be the next attorney general. chance of reclaiming in four “If Democrats do not un- results Nov. 2 and before. The letter was being de- key constituency,” said Stacey Earlier this week, Bush chose years. dertake a major paradigm The Republican Party livered to the party’s ex- L. Connaughton, a Rutgers Carlos Gutiérrez, a Cuban po- “That’s where the Demo- shift in how they deal with stepped up its effort to tar- ecutive committee by Rep. University professor who is litical refugee who rose to the cratic future lies, but if we don’t (the) Latino vote, the fu- get Latino voters after a poor Mike Honda, D-San José, writing a book about Latino top of Kellogg Co., for com- start working that area, we’re voters. merce secretary. going to be losing an even ture of the party is in seri- showing in the 1996 elec- who chairs the Congres- The Democratic Party long Taken together, analysts larger share of the Latino com- ous jeopardy,” the letter tion, and the work paid off: sional Asian Pacific Ameri- has considered Latinos part of and Republicans say, the gains munity to the Republicans, and says. President Bush claimed 35 can Caucus and planned to its own political base. But the and appointments make a bold rightfully so,” said Joe “If the recent trends percent of Latino voters in recommend that the party Democratic advantage has statement. Velásquez, a former White hold, several current Demo- 2000, and at least 40 per- also increase its outreach been whittled down over the “All of it says Republicans House deputy political direc- cratic strongholds will cent Nov. 2, according to to Asian voters. years, and some Democrats and are fair, open people who treat tor under President Bill Latino advocacy groups have Latinos as Americans first. That Clinton. warned the party not to take Republicans are the party of Some Democrats paint an Breves: Horne, de 30 años, fue Horne iba a ser sentenciado the community’s historical opportunity and Republicans even more dire situation, argu- (Continuación de p. 1) acusado el 18 de agosto de el viernes. support for granted. are opening the doors to the ing that if the party doesn’t homicidio de iraquí homicidio en Ciudad Sadr, Horne, integrante de la Since 1980, the Republi- American dream,” said Lionel make a major play for Latinos, BAGDAD (AP), 10 de en Bagdad, donde se Compañía C, del Primer can Party has made an effort to Sosa, a Republican consultant states that are considered sol- bring Latinos into its fold by in Texas who specializes in idly Democratic and have large dic: Un soldado registraron intensos Batallón del 41er targeting advertising and Latino media.