Fla. Democrats Hope for More Cuban American Votes
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Democrats are pouncing on what they say is a slip in support for President Bush among Florida's Cuban Americans, who backed him overwhelmingly in 2000 and have been staunchly behind Republicans in presidential elections.
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Florida voters went to the polls Tuesday to pick candidates hoping to fill retiring Democratic Sen. Bob Graham's seat, with polls showing a close race between Republican hopefuls Mel Martinez and Bill McCollum. Betty Castor was leading the field of three prominent Democrats.
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CORAL GABLES, Florida  - Hillary Clinton and other Democratic presidential hopefuls wooed Hispanic voters on Sunday with pledges to back a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and attacks on Republican "demagoguery" on the issue of immigration.
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Democratic  presidential candidates wooed Hispanic voters on Saturday with  pledges to keep working for immigration laws that would allow  more of those already in the United States to become citizens  and voters.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is tipping Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to team up and win the U.S. presidential election.
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Florida Democrats have embraced an early primary on Jan. 29 despite the national party's threat to penalize them by taking away half their delegates to the national convention.
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A delegation of American lawmakers sought improved diplomatic and economic ties with Cuba on Friday, anticipating leadership changes in Havana and on Capitol Hill.
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Cubans opened an election cycle Sunday that will lead to a decision next year on whether ailing leader Fidel Castro will remain atop the communist-run island's supreme governing body
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Presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain called for the release of political prisoners in Cuba following Fidel Castro's resignation Tuesday.
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By e-mail and on its Web site, Florida's Democratic Party told supporters Sunday it planned to move ahead with a Jan. 29 primary, despite the national party's threatened punishment for doing so.
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The Democratic candidates are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could serve as tiebreakers at the partyâs convention.
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Although Democrats hold a solid majority in Palm Beach County, Fla., it is so big that even a small shift among its 700,000 voters could make a difference in November.
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CRITICAL SUPPORT: Florida's Cuban-Americans have backed Republican presidential candidates for nearly a decade and helped to deliver electoral votes central to GOP victories.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will urge Cubans on Wednesday to "shape their destiny" by pushing for peaceful democratic change, in his latest effort to boost pressure on ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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A prominent Cuban dissident group launched a campaign on Monday to push for constitutional reforms that would allow for democratic elections and greater respect for human rights in the communist country.
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Ralph Nader, blamed by many Democrats for their 2000 election loss, will be on Florida ballots in the US elections.
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John McCain courted the Cuban vote Monday and reminded Florida voters of his history in the state, though he may have alienated hurricane-weary voters with his opposition to national catastrophe insurance.