Instead, he has hugged Barney at Universal Studios, met Mickey at Disney World, and now he has a dog straight out of an Alpo commercial, a black Lab given to him by a Cuban American in Congress, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart. They're as bad as the gun lobby. When they don't get what they want, they pound their chests and holler. Flags start waving. Fax machines get rolling.
Phones start ringing.
Talk shows heat up in two languages. When that's not enough, they tie up traffic. Yet this story is no different from some ugly child custody disputes that go on regularly in your county courthouse. The child's interests are inevitably overlooked by the adults at war. Even his Miami relatives are divided over what should happen.