[标准VOA] 大选候选人在会中演讲(2)[080712]
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"We have to make sure that we have a government that knows that a problem facing any American is a problem facing all Americans," he said.
Obama has said he wants to reduce taxes for middle-income earners. But he has pledged to repeal many of the tax cuts enacted by President Bush. Obama says those cuts favor the wealthy.
Historically, as a group, Hispanics have tended to vote Democratic, sometimes by as much as a two-to-one ratio. But President Bush made significant inroads among Hispanics in his successful presidential bids. He won more than 40-percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004.
Today polls show a significant drop in Hispanic backing for the Republican Party. Many analysts blame this on the hard-line stance of many prominent Republicans on fighting illegal immigration.
But Senator McCain is a longtime backer of comprehensive immigration reform that would provide a legal path to citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States. Obama has taken a similar position.
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