What Latino problem?

The most common argument for why Barack Obama should pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate concentrates on her strength (and his purported weakness) among several demographic groups: older women, white blue-collar workers and Latinos. But a couple of recent national polls reveal that Obama is running extraordinarily strong among the latter group.

As noted by First Read, a recent poll of 800 likely Latino voters in 21 states showed Obama with a dominating 60-23 advantage over John McCain. This comes shortly after a WSJ/NBC survey that found the Democratic presidential candidate with a 62-28 lead among Latino voters. By comparison, four years ago President Bush took 44 percent of this key demographic group.