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"I was hoping that there would be good participation in the Univision forum. It's a very busy primary calendar, and their schedules are such that this forum didn't fit in. Now is this a rejection of Hispanic voters? Of course not. And I hope it's not seen that way."

Mel Martinez, on Republican presidential candidates turning down the opportunity to debate on the hispanic television network Univision.

Hispanics are going to see this as a diss. This is calculated by the candidates. The Republican Party is not a big tent. Making immigration a wedge issue has been a huge tactical error on the Republican Party's part. Hispanics swung towards Democratic candidates in 2006. John Hostettler's campaign appearance with the racist Minutemen killed his campaign.