McCain to court Hispanic voters in ABQ

TODAY. THE VISIT COMES AS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WORKS TO INCREASE HIS STANDING...  More »

TODAY. THE VISIT COMES AS THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WORKS TO INCREASE HIS STANDING AMONG HISPANIC VOTERS. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS: MCCAIN WILL ARRIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ... THEN HOLD A PRIVATE - FUNDRAISER AT THE ALBUQUERQUE HILTON ... BEFORE GETTING SOME REST FOR HIS TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW MORNING. THE VISIT WILL BE MCCAIN'S SECOND VISIT TO NEW MEXICO THIS YEAR. HE AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA WERE BOTH IN NEW MEXICO FOR MEMORIAL DAY ... AND BOTH ARE WORKING TO COURT HISPANIC VOTERS. BEFORE COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE TODAY -- MCCAIN IS EXPECTED TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA AND SAY HE CHAMPIONED AN IMMIGRATION BILL THAT ALMOST KILLED HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID ... WHILE OBAMA FAILED TO TAKE A SIMILAR STAND. A RECENT AP- YAHOO NEWS POLL SHOWED OBAMA LEADING MCCAIN AMONG HISPANICS, 47 PERCENT TO 22 PERCENT. BUT WITH 26 PERCENT UNDECIDED ... MCCAIN REALIZES THERE IS ROOM TO IMPROVE HIS STANDING. YESTERDAY IN PHOENIX -- MCCAIN SAID HE PLANS TO REVERSE THE TREND IN ARIZONA -- WHERE FOUR PEOPLE INCLUDING HIM ... HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT AND FAILED: 'Arizona may be the only state in America where mothers don't tell their children that some day they can grow up and be president of the United States. So I want to tell you, we're going to reverse that unhappy history of the state of Arizona.'REMEMBER YOU CAN COUNT ON EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE MCCAIN VISIT TODAY AND TOMORROW. REPORTING LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, GADI SCHWARTZ, EYEWITNESS NEWS 4 TODAY.  « Less