Romney begins to stir in fight for U.S. Hispanic votes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney is launching a push to appeal to Hispanic voters but has far to go to reverse a huge lead that President Barack Obama holds with this key voting bloc. At a speech set for Wednesday to a Latino small business group in Washington, Romney is expected to stress his view that a healthy U.S. economy is the main issue for Hispanics in the November 6 election, as it is with all Americans - and that he has the ability to improve it. But whether this argument will be enough to peel away many Hispanics from Obama is unclear. ...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce to spend big on 2012 election

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which helped Republicans make big gains in the 2010 congressional elections, is planning its most aggressive push yet to send business-friendly lawmakers to Washington in the November 6 election. Thomas Donohue, the president and CEO of the powerful business lobby, on Tuesday said the Chamber planned to get involved in 11 or 12 Senate races and 35 to 37 races for the House of Representatives. "We are planning on having a good year," Donohue told hundreds of members of the U.S. small business community at a meeting in Washington. ...