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| Sunday, 18 May 2008 | |
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By RICHARD S. DUNHAM WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is steamed. Latinos have become a political "punching bag" this year, the California Democrat complained recently, attacked by "the misinformed" and "the misguided." If you think he's talking about Republican presidential candidates and vocal immigration critics such as CNN's Lou Dobbs and Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, you'd be mistaken. The target of Baca's ire is the House Democratic leadership. Baca and other Latino lawmakers on Capitol Hill are angry at their fellow Democrats — and they say they're not going to take it anymore. READ MORE: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5786850.html               |
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