While national Republicans are trying to mend fences with akienated Latino voters over the party’s hard line on immigration, they will have to contend with local pols trying to win elections by harping on the same old anti-immigrant line. This ad from Wil Cardon, Arizona Senate candidate, is typical of what we are likely...
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Republican operative Dan Garza has his hand out to wealthy right-wing donors trying to raise a quarter of a million dollars a month to win Latinos over to the GOP. Garza is meeting with representatives of the Koch family to underwrite the big-budget effort. Of course the Kochs have donated to some of the...
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The name the New York Times’ Editorial, Borderline Ridiculous, tells you what the paper has to say about the non-plans for immigration of the Republican candidates: The United States is home to 11 million illegal immigrants. The undocumented hold jobs, have children, pay taxes, use government services — and too often live in fear....
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Tonight was the CNN/Tea Party debate for the Republican presidential candidates. To get in, you had to certify you were on the right-wing fringe, and that was just for the audience. Each questioner identified himself or herself by announcing the Tea Party organization and chapter they belonged to. Who knew that there were card...
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Utah’s Republican Attorney General Mark Shurtleff  told the National Journal today that Republican politicians are missing a golden opportunity to pick up votes from Latinos and others angry at the large increase in deportations under the Obama administration: He says that it makes no sense for people who want limited government to expect law...
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Arizona’s SB-1070 may be the most famous of the state anti-immigrant laws and Alabama’s may be the worst, but in Republican presidential politics, South Carolina’s will be the most important. South Carolina joined Georgia and Alabama in passing laws modeled on SB-1070. South Carolina’s crucial role in the Republican primary system will surely highlight...
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On Wednesday, Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus boasted to reporters of his party’s strength in rounding up Latino voters. According to Time Magazine, Priebus said: “We’ve got Marco Rubio there in Florida, who’s an absolute star,” Priebus said, referring to Florida’s junior U.S. Senator, a youthful, socially conservative Cuban-American. Priebus also pointed to...
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The New Republic reports on the immigration panel at the national conservative convention CPAC going on in DC this week: Birth certificates, naturally, were a big topic of discussion today at the immigration policy panel at CPAC—the conference run by the American Conservative Union where College Republicans flock from all corners to co-ruminate with...
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Alabama State Senator Scott Beason told a local Republican club last week that it is time “empty the clip” when dealing with illegal immigrants. “Empty the clip” means firing all the bullets in a gun. The “clip” holds the bullets in a gun. The Washington Post says the Senator’ remarks have drawn sharp condemnations:...
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Less than a day after President Obama called on Republicans to work with him on immigration reform, he got his response from the House Republicans. They are calling for massive roundups of immigrants at factories and work sites around the country. These raids, which tore apart families and led to local economic disruptions, have...
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