And Vote They Did.

At 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, Marta Maria Cruz was still in line at a voting precinct in Hialeah, Florida. It was warm for an autumn day, but the temperature in Miami's suburbs doesn't dip much below 80 degrees this time of year. It was hot, and the line kept growing.

The voters, mostly Latinos, were busy chatting with each other and fanning themselves with Bush/Cheney fans that someone had distributed hours before. Cars would pass by and honk their horns in support for those waiting their turn to vote.

Many in line began to get nervous as the hour neared 7 p.m. - - the time when the polls in this Florida time zone would close. A poll worker came out and assured them that if they were in line at 7 p.m. they would get to vote.

And vote they did.

Led in groups, they would leave their Bush/Cheney fans with the people in line behind them, and went to cast their ballots. At 7:03 p.m., Marta Cruz went into her voting booth and cast her vote for George Bush. By 10 p.m., polls showed that she was a part of the 55% of Florida's Latinos who voted to re-elect the president.

Florida's Hispanics gave the President the largest percentage of votes of any single state. With their help, the President was able to win 44% of the national Hispanic vote and, in the process, quite possibly the electoral votes in Florida, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado.

Many members of the pro-abortion media are now terribly divided about how to report - - and interpret - - the actual percentage of the Latino vote that went for President Bush. Some are grudgingly conceding that Mr. Bush increased his percentage by 10 points over 2000.