From what I've seen in Los Angeles, the Hispanic community is one of the easiest ethnic communities to reach and mobilize because radio has such a focussed audience.  The Obama campaign has made an outreach to the Latino community and he is endorsed by Perla A., the Vice-President of Siouxland Unidad Latina, the area's oldest and largest Latino organization, as well as City Councilmember Sara Monroy Huddleston, one of four Latino elected officials in Iowa.  This may be one of the many surprise groups Obama will turn out who have been ignored by polling.

have significant Latino populations. Attendance at small-town caucuses is not usually large, so even getting a dozen people to show up might be enough to  get Obama a delegate or two from the precinct.

This is a good get for Obama and has to be disappointing for Richardson.

We were all pretty unaware until blogfather Jerome Armstrong diaried about it yesterday. The crux is this: latinos are racist so democrats ought not nominate Obama as he would leave hispanic/latino votes on the table. This follows on other equally strong diaries presenting sundry reasons to avoid Obama like the plague. Of course this is all rather nonsensical but thats the way the cookie crumbles in the progressive blogosphere these days (see recommended diaries on mydd for more).