. >> hinojosa: as did governor bill richardson. >> and then they switched.y switched because they said, "okay, who butters my bread within the democratic party?" and in fact, latino voters are heavily concentrated there. and then in california, over the next several years, latinos added a million new voters and punished their enemies and rewarded their friends, and the state became a blue state. it wasn't always a blue state. it was a purple state. this phenomena we're seeing unfold in america now, it's like the california example writ large, where in '08 and in 2010 and probably through 2012, we're going to have these battles over the nature of america. are we going to stay true to our core values? are we going to stay true to the constitution? are we going to be an inclusive or an exclusive country? >> hinojosa: but i always wonder, for new latino voters, whether or not, you know, those big issues are really what motivates them. i mean, i'm thinking about the fact that, for example, when prop. 187 was happening in california, my mother and my sister in chi