Chicago SunTimes; Can Obama, like former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, get Latino votes?

.... "The person that we came to know that is on the cover of Newsweek and national magazines many times does not get to the household table where people are dealing with how you pay the mortgage," he (early Obama support U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez) said.

"At least 4 out of 10 Latinos do not get their opinion of public officials from English-speaking media."

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Gutierrez also noted that when Washington ran in the general election, white voters moved to vote for Republican Bernie Epton, blacks rallied for Washington, and Latinos stayed with the Democratic Party, boosting Washington's Latino tally from 10 percent to 60 percent.

"They rejected the bigotry," Gutierrez said. "Those leaders who inspire hope allow us to overcome our innate bigotry and prejudices."

http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/781607,CST-NWS-mitch07.article