That changed this week when Romney -- in talking about his father , a self-made man who worked his way up from nothing to become head of American Motors Corporation , governor of Michigan and a Republican presidential candidate in 1968 -- told a crowd at the Rochester Opera House in New Hampshire that his father was born in Mexico and came to the United States at 5 . . Romney told a crowd in New Hampshire of his father 's Mexican roots . Ruben Navarrette says it 's fair to say Romney could be first Hispanic president . Yet he says Romney wo n't get allegiance of Latino voters because of his stance . Poll of Latino voters shows President Obama would have huge edge over Romney .
. Romney told a crowd in New Hampshire of his father 's Mexican roots . Ruben Navarrette says it 's fair to say Romney could be first Hispanic president . Yet he says Romney wo n't get allegiance of Latino voters because of his stance . Poll of Latino voters shows President Obama would have huge edge over Romney .