The office of Congressman Xavier Becerra on Sunset Boulevard is an impressive illustration of Latino ascendancy. Copies of Hispanic Business magazine sit in the rack; a banner from Mr Becerra's alma mater, Stanford University, hangs on the wall; a new computer has just been delivered. Asked to define "Latino issues", Mr Becerra replies that they are much the same as everybody else's—things like jobs, schools and health care—but usually with an extra twist. For instance, whereas most other American voters are fuming about their Health Maintenance Organisations, Latinos are more worried about getting access to an HMO in the first place.
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