Video: Census: More minority children were born in US

>>> the u.s. census bureau is out with a new face for america. for the first time ever, more than half the babies born last year were minorities. according to the government, blacks, hispanics, asians and other minorities accounted for more than 50% of all u.s. births. nonhispanic whites made up almost half. the executive director and the " washington post " nia-maleka henderson. she is with the romney campaign. we await new words from mitt romney regarding the new york time article. i grew up in texas and my entire life we heard the world needed to wake up. the hispanic population would be representing enormous numbers and could not be ignored. and politicians in texas , those even in this red state of texas who are successful worldwide were like governor perry many many ways who adopted or adapted to survive politically in embracing some parts of the hispanic community.

>> i think that's absolutely right. what you're seeing is that was one of the reasons why perry was so for and in favor of the dream act . recognizing it was something that doesn't impact the majority of american latinos in this country but it does signal that you understand the needs of the latino communicate when it comes to policy and changes. you can say the same thing for the attorney general up in utah. the attorney general in utah basically went against the wave of anti-immigrant legislation that we saw in arizona , that we saw in florida . basically that, if you could demonstrate you speak english and pass a back ground check, we'll give you a worker's permit. signaling solutions in the communicate. that's one of the reasons when you take a step back and start talking about the latino vote in 2012 , it is the beginning of a huge wave that we're going to see across the country. it is definitely a trend.

>> it is a trend. let's go back to some of the republican debates that we saw. the large round of applause that came when governor perry was taken on, regarding the dream act that often comes when you hear from people who support jan brewer , for example, of arizona , who want tough immigration laws . they feel the federal government is not doing their job. this morning on " morning joe ," joe scarborough points out how he believes mitt romney 's team or mitt romney is not up in a way that karl rove , as he pointed out, and even george bush regarding the importance of the latino vote.

>> that's absolutely right. what is happening, arizona is the perk example with jan brewer . 73% of babyboomers, 65 or oriole, are white. compared to 20% who are 18 and younger are white. you see a huge dem gratic change where the majority of young people in arizona are either latino or black. people of color . it is not a surprise the demographic changes are creating a political pools along ideological lines. however what both karl rove and president bush knew, in order to win the white house , they need 40% of the latino vote across the spectrum. across states in order to win the white house . and i think that's one of the reasons why mitt romney right now is back pedaling saying he supports the rubio plan for the dream action. he is bringing in hispanic outreach person. the rnc is. to ensure they can start talking to latinos about the issues they care about which is not necessarily immigration but it is jobs and education. however, is it too late for the romney campaign?

>> let me bring you back in. i know you're traveling with the romney campaign. it was an excellent point made by joe scarborough this morning on his show that at least in his estimation, mitt romney is not perhaps, maybe has a tin ear to the concerns that his party certainly needs the latino vote or a great portion of it if they plan to win.

>> reporter: he is certainly coming late to this party. it is partly because he is from massachusetts, a state that hasn't had to deal with the influx of immigrants. and it isn't as diverse a state as texas is, florida is, as arizona is. of course, john mccain came in at a very different place as well because he had some familiarity with these issues. you did see mitt romney a couple weeks ago overheard in a fund-raiser talking about the need to reach out to latinos . talking about the fact the party won't be able to expand. won't be able to survive on a national stage if they don't start reaching out to latinos . today you heard mitt romney drop the name of marco rubio . you also have somebody like susanna martinez publicly criticizing romney and the idea of self-deportation. i think republicans are certainly under the gun at this point and trying to frame these issues, immigration and jobs in a way they can attract latinos . that 40%, they have to get over that hump if they're going to want to win the white house .

>> let me bring you back in. to her point, susanna march teen a's point, what the heck does self-deportation even means. she was on the list of people that could be vp picked for mitt romney and specifically what joe scarborough that, if you lose the hispanic vote, you become the minority party . and that was his message to republicans and mitt romney .

>> it's very true. she is a special case . she has more of an extreme agenda when it comes to immigration. and one of her policies when she was elected was precisely not just self-deportation but a bigger crackdown and going further than arizona jan brewer 's piece of legislation. so i think what she was looking for was something that was much more extreme and harsh. in regard to what joe scarborough is saying, it is absolutely important for both parties to start reaching out to the latino community today now and early. one of the thing when it come to the republican strategy, they know they have a latino vote problem. it is not surprising why you have over 22 states that have passed very difficult voter i.d. laws that were not in the books in 2008 but exist now in 2012 . that's one of the reasons, they realize that these key states, we're about florida . we're talking about texas , air eric nevada, colorado. they all have the potential to become purple states , meaning they're the swing states . and it will be dependent on the latino vote.

>> go ahead.

>> reporter: to expand this out a little bit, the african-american vote is also important. if you think about ohio, george bush was able to win ohio because he was able to expand the african-american vote. a lot of the policies and sort of approaches that ken melmen the rnc chairman put in place came to play in that election. it is not just the latinos . they have to think about how they can peel off some of these african-american voters as well.

>>> they don't need all of them. just a portion of these different populations.

>> thank you both. greatly appreciate it.

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