A conservative Hispanic activist is blasting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a racially charged remark uttered recently in Nevada.

The Nevada Democrat, who is locked in a tough re-election fight, recently created a firestorm when a YouTube clip from his August 10 appearance before a group of Hispanic supporters in Las Vegas included this comment: "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican. Okay? Do I need to say more?"

Reid's comment was quickly criticized by one of the GOP's rising stars, Marco Rubio -- the son of Cuban exiles and a candidate in Florida for the U.S. Senate. Rubio called the remark "outrageous and ridiculous"...