Team Romney isn鈥檛 having all the Columbus Day fun. Mr. Obama, too, will be making a stop heavy with political significance: a speech to announce the creation of the C茅sar E. Ch谩vez National Monument in California. Mr. Ch谩vez, a Mexican-American hero of the labor movement who died in 1993, fought to unionize farm workers.
The speech, slated to begin about 2:15 p.m., Eastern time, offers Obama an opportunity to speak to two important Democratic constituencies: Hispanic Americans and organized labor. It also is a bit of a throwback for the president, whose campaign was rhetorically propelled by a chant of 鈥淵es we can鈥� back in 2008. That鈥檚 an English language riff, whether intentional or not, on Ch谩vez鈥檚 famous slogan, 鈥淪i, se puede.鈥�
As the president鈥檚 speech follows Romney鈥檚 address by several hours, it鈥檚 possible that the Obama campaign will use its speech to rebut the Republican challenger.
