Jose is handsome, young, hard-working, and tonight he made me the best Subway sandwich with lots of jalapenos and spicy mustard, just the way I like it. It was almost 10 pm on this Monday night and I always wonder when I see these young people working so late...are you in school, mijito? No, I'm not. He smiles, cleaning the counter with ganas. He's got a system to do it just right, he tells the manager. Did you vote? No. I don't believe in it. He keeps scrubbing. It's all about money. I give him my spiel about Obama and how there will be more opportunities for him to go to college. He smiles, keeps cleaning. Then I tell him how I did it, with loans and scholarships. I have his attention now. Latinos are 20% of the electoral vote in Texas, but we're not voting in high numbers, I tell him. Blacks are 19%, and they voted. That means you could get much more help with a college education if latinos voted more. I tell him my family story, how I went to college, how...