Newt Gingrich And GOP Candidates Court Florida's Latinos, Gingrich Wants 'To Create A Cuban Spring'
Newt Gingrich And GOP Candidates Court Florida's Latinos, Gingrich Wants 'To Create A Cuban Spring'
First Posted: 1/14/12 12:07 PM ET Updated: 1/14/12 07:01 PM ET
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has a Cuban
coffee at the Versailles restaurant in the Little Havana area of Miami, Friday,
Jan. 13, 2012, (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Republican candidates are swinging through Florida, dusting off the trusty ol' "Viva Cuba libre!" -- it must be election time again.
Friday, it was Newt Gingrich's turn. He came through Miami looking for handouts and votes. That meant an obligatory stop at the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana for a cafecito -- or, in Gingrich's case, two -- and a climb back on that stale old bandwagon. At least he updated his message to say, as the Miami Herald reported, "My goal as president will be to create a Cuban Spring that is even more exciting than the Arab Spring."
Been there, heard that, said former Florida Democratic Party chairman Joe Garcia, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Congress in 2010 against Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
"What it is is, the endless pandering," Garcia told The Huffington Post. "They all do this. And then they go away, never to be heard from again."
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