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To another angle in the campaign,
Latino vote, Jorge Ramos prominent anchor man
who has been compared to Walter Cronkite,
says that President Obama and Mitt Romney should add one more debate to their schedule
and, of course, it would be on his network Univision.
The questions would be asked in Spanish and then translated into English.
Jorge Ramos is joining us from Miami. And, er, tell us why, first of all, you are pushing for this debate?
I think Suzanne that it is not o.k. not to include us.
The Commission of Presidential Debates was supposed to be wise and sophisticated.
I think that the moderators that they chose are first rate journalists.
I truly admire their work.
But the U.S. is much more diverse than that.
I think they should have noticed that this country is changing very rapidly.
Minorities, for instance, surpass whites in U.S. births.
And those changes simply are not reflected. I really can't believe why they didn't chose a member
of a minority group to be part of at least one debate. And I really can't understand why
they didn't chose a journalist from the fastest growing voting block in the country - Latinos.
There are going to be about 23 million Latinos ready to vote in the next election.
But let's suppose only 12 million will go to the polls.
Well Latinos will decide who is going to be the next president of the United States.
This is the new rule in American politics.
Nobody can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote and, then, we are not there.
So, if they are not going to invite us to their party, I think we are going to have our own party.
Let me, let me ask you about this. I mean, have you made any efforts to approach
the Commission itself and potentially, you know, put another debate in motion?
It that even possible?
Yes. Yes. Yes, Suzanne we did and they responded last week and they rejected our idea.
They think that the same issues that Latinos care about are the same issues that
the Americans care about. And in a certain level it is right.
I mean, we Latinos we care about jobs, and education, and health care.
But on the other hand, we have unique concerns and interests.
For instance, our unemployment is incredibly high, 11%. Our drop out rate within the
Hispanic community is a tragedy. 1 in 3 Hispanic students doesn't finish high school.
And then we have a special relationship with Latin America.
I don't know if President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are going to recognize the
new president of Mexico who won amid wide spread fraud.
Or if we are going to have a free trade agreement with Cuba, since we have the same
thing with China, and both are dictatorships.
Or if Hugo Chavez is a national threat to the U.S., since he has this very special link
with Iran.
So, yes, we do care about the same issues but, at the same time, we have unique concerns
that I'm not sure if they are going to be addressed during the four presidential debates.
Alright, Jorge Ramos, we appreciate you perspective and we will follow up on that as well.