Well of course it did! Did you watch the convention coverage? Donald Rumsfeld's keynote speech was awesome!
The quickest way to get rid of Castro (on the US side) is to allow unrestricted access to US citizens - just make Cuba into a tourist haven with $99 dollar flights from Southwest etc. This would put US dollars directly into the hands of Cubans ~ money = power.
of course if your black and pregnant...you'd lvoe to be in cuba instead of nyc. theres more of a chance that your child will live and stuff... but nevermind. greedy capitalism. wohoo.