Can Senator Marco Rubio Draw Hispanic Vote?

Will Latinos Go For Him?
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, MD., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, MD., Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

LAS CRUCES, N.M. | Sorry, Washington superstar, Time magazine coverboy and hip-hop maven, she's never heard of you.

"Marco Rubio?" said 28-year-old Memorie Annese, taking her daughters to a public library in this city tucked amid soaring mountains and the Rio Grande.

But the Mexican-American, school bus-driving union member who voted for President Barack Obama didn't hesitate when asked if she would consider a Republican candidate with immigrant roots.

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