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Ian Kemp was raised on the smell of cinnamon. And clove, chile peppers, cumin and ginger.  His parents, Bill and Beverly Kemp, started a spice company in Manor in 1983 when he was 5 years old.  The younger Kemp had already spent weeks on the road with his “hippie parents” who loved traveling to Mexico and Central America. En route from Nebraska, the Missouri natives passed through Austin enough times that they eventually decided to move here, in part to make that trip shorter.   “We ...

Difference in nevada, colorado, florida, perhaps virginia, those competitive states with growing latino populations? >> if obama wins colorado and virginia you have to attribute it in part to that margin. whens sort of interesting, thats difficult to measure well and not all pollsters using spanish-speaking interviews and the rest but the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll i believe gave president obama 70% and the same as the decisions poll of the last week. thats actually slightly higher than...

The difference between that and the national vote is less than 1% overall. we lose sight of the fact that most -- half the votes in the battleground states in florida, virginia and north carolina and a little bit of an advantage working obamas way. that could give him the election if, if, if those polling leads hold. >> mark, obama recently had an off the record discussion with "the des moines register" and some of that leaked out to the rest of us. but one thing he said that was really interest...

Just looking along gender lines, how important is that going to be in determining who wins in 13 days? >> i mean, i think it -- i think youre referring the gallup numbers out this morning. you know, hes down among nonwhite voters -- im sorry. among white voters, among both men and women since 2008 and its the bigger an i agree gath trend that i think matters more than the gender gap. clearly, the obama campaigns put great emphasis thematically to appealing to women on the issues in the ads and y...

In the buckeye state than any other. $177 million worth so far. did it help anyone? theyre polling neck and neck there as they are nationwide in the real clear politics poll average and look at the ""the washington post""/abc news poll. i think thats one person. thats about as close as you can get in one of those polls. we start now with mark blumenthal at huffington post and a polling expert. lets start with ohio. there are scenarios for both of the candidates to win this election without ohio ...