Obama visits Puerto Rico with eye on 2012 election

[Jazzy]

MIAMI -President Barack Obama is making a rare presidential visit to Puerto Rico, the U.S. island territory, with an eye firmly placed on the Puerto Ricans back on the mainland who could help him deliver at least one key state during his 2012 re-election campaign.



About 4.6 million Puerto Ricans live on the mainland, boosting a fast-growing Hispanic population that is becoming increasingly important in American politics.



Obama's visit, the first official trip to the island by a president in 50 years, caps a two-day trip that took the president to two crucial political battlegrounds — North Carolina and Florida — as he solidified his political outreach while defending his economic record against sweeping attacks from potential Republican foes.



Link: http://www.aolnews.com/story/obama-pledges-support-for-puerto-rico/1709141/



Obama must be pretty desperate to make a trip that hasn't been made by a president in 50 years.

 

[Evil Eye]

Hehe, I suppose so. Then again, someone would've done it eventually.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Whats desperate about reaching out to different types of people? I think its a good idea for candidtates to do such things.

 

[DrLeftover]

Whats desperate about reaching out to different types of people? I think its a good idea for candidtates to do such things.

Especially since the residents of the island do not vote in Presidential elections.



Yeah, I know, those in-country do, but still.