Obama Slaps the Puerto Ricans in the Face

Barack Obama's decision to declare victory on May 20, 2008, is tantamount to a slap in the face of the Puerto Rican people.  Puerto Rico with its 2.5 million registered voters is scheduled to have its Democratic Presidential Primary on June 1, 2008.  Obama, who already is struggling to garner the hispanic vote is making a serious error.  Obama needs to be reaching out to the hispanic community if he intends to do well in a race with John McCain.  Obama has already been doing a miserable job at getting the hispanic vote with his numbers somewhere under 30%.  This move will certainly push more hispanics away from him and the democratic party come November. 

In addition, as a person of color, Obama should be more sensitive to this community and should be encouraging their participation in what has been one of the most exciting races in years.  This race has seen President Bill Clinton visiting Puerto Rico, the first visit of a President in 45 years!  What's Obama's rush?  Well, on these little islands its not unusual for voter turnout to be over 80%, with the excitement of this race and Hillary trying to catch up in the popular vote, the people of Puerto Rico could do miracle work for Hillary Clinton.  What is 70% of 2.5 million?