Cuban-American Leader: Huge Push for Newt Over Mitt

NewsMax ^ | January 28, 2012 | David A. Patten

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Carlos Perez, one of Ronald Reagan's closest Miami advisers and a Radio Mambi talk host who is influential in Florida's Cuban-American community, says there is growing resentment among Hispanics due to “lies and distortions” from GOP candidate Mitt Romney targeting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Perez told Newsmax in an exclusive interview Saturday afternoon that a backlash is brewing against the Romney campaign’s allegation that Gingrich tried to undermine former President Ronald Reagan’s agenda.

Perez was a close adviser to President Reagan, and Reagan even acknowledged his Cuban-American friend's achievement during a State of the Union address.

“Among Cuban-Americans, you can bet your life Newt Gingrich will win the primary election,” Perez flatly predicted.

Perez, host of a popular Miami radio and television show, said Hispanic voters and especially Cuban-Americans are now “backing Newt Gingrich dramatically” and “getting a little bit mad at the Romney campaign.”

Perez endorsed Gingrich’s presidential bid on Monday. On Saturday, he told Newsmax that the buzz in the Cuban-American community has turned strongly pro-Gingrich.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Romney today: “Now I’m speaking to you today as though I’m already the candidate for president for the Republican party,” he said. “But I’m not. I’ve still got some primaries to go through.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/28/romney-picks-up-gingrich-attacks/

[libh8er]

Niiice. I am predicting a poll will be out late Monday night showing Newt slightly ahead of Romney.

[bksanders]

Thx Cinci!

"a backlash is brewing against the Romney campaign’s allegation…"

Enevitable, once again a former Reagan advisor calls the Mittiot out.
Americans get it Mittiot! Yo dog don't hunt!
Come on Sunshine State, we'll need you in fever pitch by November.
P.S. To the Mittiot staff trolls here@Freep, your guy has no substance, empty suit.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

One-year-old Anaiah Caraballo sleeps on her father Benjamin Caraballo's shoulder as Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich speaks at the the PGA Center for Golf Learning and Performance January 28, 2012 in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

[JediJones]

God bless those Cubans!

[presently no screen name]

Thanks. My daughter will enjoy the pix of the dog! Nice sweater.

[Matchett-PI]

Exactly! btt

[Bedford Forrest]

What???? The Cuban-American community [Real Americans, bigtime] are getting nauseated by the lies and slime being spewed by The Willard, that line bred, not so bright carpetbagger from Massachusetts, the crony capitalist anointed into the world of fast money, vulture capitalists by the friends and associates of his not very bright but well connected Mexican daddy, Jorge W. Romney. Ya'll remember The Willard's line bred daddy Jorge, dontcha, he's the one who lost his brain in a Saigon laundromat, back in 68. Was Jorge W. Romney a Mexican???? Does the Prince of Wales have big ears? Anyhow, it's no surprise that the Cuban-American community has seen through The Willard's multimillion dollar attempted character assassination of Newt. They recognize power-mad statist liars in five seconds - and The Willard is that, in spades. If you really want to see how The Willard got to be such a clumsy liar check Jorge the Mexican

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Kid knows trouble when he sees it:

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney returns a baby to his mother in the audience at a campaign rally at Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Florida January 28, 2012.

[hinckley buzzard]

Fricking Santorum, he's going to queer this deal yet.

[Jane Long]

“Among Cuban-Americans, you can bet your life Newt Gingrich will win the primary election,” Perez flatly predicted.

Yes! In FL, Cuban-Americans, Evangelicals, and the Tea Party ALL have Newt's back!

Go Newt!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“Newt Gingrich without any question follows those ideas,” Perez told Newsmax. “And it is a shame that Romney’s attack is trying to distort that. That is not nice, that is not fair. It is creating a backlash among Cuban-American and other Hispanic voters here in South Florida.”

Gingrich’s effort to win over Cuban-Americans in the waning days of the campaign in Florida have been bolstered by the former Rep. Dan Burton’s presence with him on the campaign trail.

The Indiana Republican is revered in Cuban-American circles for co-sponsoring the Helms-Burton Act, which bolstered international sanctions against the Castro government.

http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Cuban-American-Leader-HugePush-forNewt/2012/01/28/id/425831

[GR_Jr.]

I pray to God this true!

[bigbob]

If I lived in Florida I think I’d be getting tired of Mitt campaigning ever since 2008...

The more a candidate annoys me with robocalls and repetitive ads, the less likely I’ll be to vote for them. But I guess I’m not typical.

[txhurl]

One-year-old Anaiah Caraballo

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What a pretty name! Anaiah. Pretty baby, too.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Never underestimate the Hispanic vote. Hispanics are neither monolithic in their vote, nor are they stupid. They do not easily dismiss lies and being patronized. They also have long memories of who helped them as a people, and who hindered them.

Importantly, they are not of one mind about illegal aliens, which is a bad assumption some candidates make.

[mylife]

"Mitt has a great car... For me to poop on!"

[MaxMax]

Good news they called Mittens out.
I also hope the Dems are peeing their britches.

[Parley Baer]

“I pray to God this true!”

I am with you. What Mitt and the Republican Party have done over the last few days is absolutely despicable. It is not the Republican party I want to be a part of. I hope the backlash is not only from the fine Cuban community but from others as well. Please God let these despicable acts blow up in their faces. GO NEWT GO!