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A new grassroots group is organizing Republican presidential candidates and members of the Hispanic and African-American communities around economic issues in the hopes of drawing disenchanted minorities away from Barack Obama in 2012.
Since Obama picked up 96 percent of the African-American electorate in 2008, support for the president in the black community has dropped to 81 percent thanks to disproportionate unemployment rates. Hispanics, who are also suffering from the high unemployment rate, have also expressed disappointment with the current administration’s approach to the economy and immigration reform.
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