Republicans losing grip on Miami Cuban vote?

[Judi Lynn]

Republicans losing grip on Miami Cuban vote?
By Tom Brown
Sun Feb 10, 12:59 AM ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - An anti-communist militant who fired a bazooka at a Polish freighter walked free with impunity in this sultry subtropical U.S. city, and Cuban Americans favoring closer ties with their homeland could once expect to be firebombed here.

But Miami has changed and the sometimes violent scenes of Cuban exile passion appear to be in the past. That could spell trouble for President George W. Bush's Republican Party in November's general election, opponents and analysts say.

As Miami's hardline anti-communist tendencies start to fade, so may the party's once-unassailable grip on congressional seats in south Florida.

"There's a generational shift going on," said Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chairman Joe Garcia, who sees a clear trend toward moderation as younger voters and more recent arrivals from Cuba dilute the Cuban American community.

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080210/pl_nm/usa_politics_miami_dc;_ylt=A0WTcUiz6q5HjqcAoAayFz4D

[Tarc]

1. If there's any band of crazies that need diluting, it is them

The Miami exile community sickened me to no end in the Elian Gonzales fiasco.

[OHdem10]

2. McCain received 40% of Cuban Vote in Primaries, Fla

I remember the Pundits making positive comments about this.
which is why I remembered it.

[AlphaCentauri]

3. New generations taking over (nt)

[freethought]

4. Does this mean that we may finally be able to

drop that blasted embargo? It makes the U.S. look so childish and stupid.