Hillary has been doing an outstanding job at addressing the issues that affect our Latino Community. She has not only attended the Annual Conference of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the National Council of La Raza’s Annual Conference, and the Univision Presidential Forum, but she has also been receiving the endorsement of high-profile Latino elected officials and community leaders from across the country.
I had the opportunity to see Hillary in person this past Wednesday October 3, at Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institutes’ 2007 Presidential Forum along with Senator Biden, Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Sen. Mike Gravel. Six Hispanic members of Congress presented one question each to the candidates, who then had 15 minutes to speak and address the questions. The topics included education, health care, immigration, as well as health care for veterans.
As usual Hillary stood out! Her answers were concise and thoroughly thought out. She started out by talking about her campaign manager, first-generation Mexican-American Patti Solis Doyle. Hillary stressed the importance of education. The crowd roared when she set the goal to cut the high school dropout rate for Hispanics in half if she is elected president.-
She was the only candidate that received a standing ovation from the crowd. It was evident that five of the six Hispanic Democrats who posed questions to the candidates endorsed Clinton’s candidacy because before she got off stage they went over and greeted her with a hug. They were Reps. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Grace Napolitano (Calif.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Rubén Hinojosa (Texas).
I had the opportunity to see Hillary in person this past Wednesday October 3, at Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institutes’ 2007 Presidential Forum along with Senator Biden, Rep. Dennis Kucinich and former Sen. Mike Gravel. Six Hispanic members of Congress presented one question each to the candidates, who then had 15 minutes to speak and address the questions. The topics included education, health care, immigration, as well as health care for veterans.
As usual Hillary stood out! Her answers were concise and thoroughly thought out. She started out by talking about her campaign manager, first-generation Mexican-American Patti Solis Doyle. Hillary stressed the importance of education. The crowd roared when she set the goal to cut the high school dropout rate for Hispanics in half if she is elected president.-
She was the only candidate that received a standing ovation from the crowd. It was evident that five of the six Hispanic Democrats who posed questions to the candidates endorsed Clinton’s candidacy because before she got off stage they went over and greeted her with a hug. They were Reps. Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.), Lucille Roybal-Allard (Calif.), Grace Napolitano (Calif.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) and Rubén Hinojosa (Texas).
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