Art's point, as I understand it, was that many Hispanics can speak and understand English--especially those who've been here for quite a while. And they are by definition the most likely to be citizens and therefore able to vote. Many recent arrivals are not citizens, so Q's point about recent arrivals is not germane---and I am not saying they are illegal, just not citizens.

There was a huge Hispanic voter drive recently--but now it seems those who signed up to become citizens as a result of that will not finish the process til after this fall--so will have no impact on the vote.

Kevin, do you really find Spanish easy? I can understand it fairly well in reading but it's hard to follow conversations. I find German much easier to get along in. I suppose it depends on what training you've had in a foreign language. But I don't think it's a reasonable assumption that Spanish would be the easiest foreign language for an English speaker. It really depends on the individual.