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Obama while 30 percent was inclined to swing for his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain.<\/strong> The breakdown revealed that a significant portion \u2013 about a third \u2013 were undecided a week before the last presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lagria argued that Pres. Obama has been good to Asian Americans.<\/strong> \u201cLook at his record on diversity \u2013 he\u2019s nominated 8 Asian-Americans to federal courts when there were just 7 ever before that. He\u2019s basically doubled the number of Asian Americans in the judiciary and he\u2019s done the same thing in his Cabinet and throughout his administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>www.filipinosforobama.org<br \/>\nwww.asianamericansforobama.com<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Filipino-American supporters of President Obama have begun mobilizing to work for his re-election bid next year. 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