Democrats Go Island Hopping
http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,517731,00.html
Presidential hopefuls court the Puerto Rican vote
By DOUGLAS WALLER
Monday, Oct. 13, 2003
Puerto Rico, where residents can't vote for the U.S. President, will
hardly be a battleground in next year's election. So why have
Democratic candidates been cultivating the island's key politicians?
Kenneth McClintock, minority leader of Puerto Rico's Senate, got a
visit last December at his San Juan office from Massachusetts Senator
John Kerry, who dropped by to plug his candidacy. Former Vermont
Governor Howard Dean has been a faithful McClintock phone pal.
McClintock says his "added value" will kick in when he tours states
like New York, Illinois and Florida next January to recruit the large
number of Puerto Rican voters for his chosen candidate. Who's on
McClintock's short list? The Senator says he likes Dean, who as
Governor supported Puerto Rican statehood. But McClintock notes that
when General Wesley Clark headed the U.S. Southern Command in 1997, he
helped begin the relocation of its Army component from Panama to San
Juan. That, says McClintock, "would make him popular here."
Puerto Ricans
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