Cracks showing in GOP's Cuban-American base

President Bush's policies toward Fidel Castro's regime and the war in Iraq are threatening to fray traditionally solid Republican ties to Cuban-American voters, the largest segment of Florida's fast-growing Hispanic community. In 2000, Bush won Florida by a mere 537 votes, but his advantage among Cubans was about 4-to-1. Non-Cuban Hispanics tend to vote Democratic and are flocking to the state. On Nov. 2, the key to Florida -- the decisive swing state four years ago -- could well be this disparate Hispanic vote. [more] Pictured above: Cuban protesters carry a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush  with a effigy of Adolf Hitler while marching past the building housing the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, May 14, 2004. [more]