Two eager presidential hopefuls are about to start courting Hispanic voters, the majority of them jilted by their beloved Hillary Clinton.But no amount of sweets and flowers can alter two tough realities: John McCain is not a Democrat, and Barack Obama is a black man in a country where Hispanics and African-Americans have differing views on social and racial issues.Exactly how the presumptive presidential nominees will make their appeals in New Jersey — which has the country's seventh-largest Latino population — is not certain.Experts note McCain and Obama have a big job ahead: On Super Tuesday in February, 68 percent of New Jersey's Democratic Latino voters chose Clinton; 30 percent chose Obama.
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