June 6, 2008
Posted: 04:00 PM ET
From CNN Anchor Wolf Blitzer
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Can John McCain put California in play in the general election? He does have Arnold Schwarzenegger — a popular twice-elected governor — in his corner. McCain also has some support in the Latino community given his long-standing backing of comprehensive immigration reform — although since the collapse of the McCain-Kennedy immigration reform legislation, which was backed by President Bush, the Republican candidate has stressed the need for border security first. The Republican National Committee has been reaching out to the Latino community for years, though with only mixed results. Now the McCain campaign is undertaking its own aggressive outreach. I recently spoke with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who acknowledged that the Democrats will have their work cut out for them to make sure California remains solidly blue in November. But the mayor, a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton’s presidential ambitions, vowed to do whatever he could to help Barack Obama. And he predicted that the Latino voters will represent a major boost for the Democratic candidate. They did support Clinton in overwhelming numbers in the primaries, the mayor said. But that was because they knew and loved her and former President Bill Clinton, and didn’t really know Obama. That, he says, has now changed. Filed under: Wolf Blitzer
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