Few would argue the fact that Citizens United has been a major player in the Republican primary...and many if not most would concede that none of it has been healthy ...
As if you needed another reason to not vote Romney.
Celebrity business magnate Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president Thursday, telling reporters he will not mount an independent campaign if ...
In a perfect world, the Republican contest to find a nominee to face Barack Obama would go on forever...or at least until August. You cannot attach a number to the ...
I suspect there are a ton of conservatives secretly agreeing with Begala and while it's too early in the game for Dems to get cocky, it's difficult to not smile ...
Quotes don't get much better than this one by Bob Dole.
"Why do people take such an instant dislike to me?" asked a perplexed Gingrich, to whom Dole bluntly ...
After the beating Gingrich took last night, it's hard to imagine under what scenario he can make a comeback. Florida is going to Romney and for Gingrich to regain the ...
There's a lot out there on the President's SOTU, so I'll keep my thoughts short and sweet.
The speech did what it had to do which was target liberals and independents ...
The highlights from last night's debate.
- Newt Gingrich can't wait to become president so he can revisit the early 60s and overthrow Castro in Cuba. War, baby, war.
- Santorum, who ...
It appears that the South Carolina verdict is forcing Romney to start taking Gingrich seriously.
“We’re not choosing a talk show host, we’re choosing a leader,” Romney said, saying that their ...
Mike Huckabee offers advice to Mitt Romney concerning his unreleased tax returns.
Let him [Romney] make this challenge: "I'll release my tax returns when Barack Obama releases his college transcripts and ...
Via Political Humor...
"Mitt Romney is coming under fire because even though he is a multimillionaire, he only paid 15 percent in taxes. That's not a tax, that's barely a tip." ...
Good line.
My guess is that after Romney fails to beat Obama in the general, Huntsman will be back in 2016. The most electable guy in the field and he could ...
I found this pretty funny...and accurate. It comes from a reader over at Balloon Juice.
So, let’s review. The contenders for the GOP nomination are
A vulture capitalist who believes that any ...
Lively little debate going on at one of last week's posts with Libertarianism put under the microscope.
ocLiberal:
I know I am in sketchy territory here, (start the indignant shouting now) but ...
In the contest to determine the winner of the Far-Right Politics gold medal, rack up a few more points for Newt Gingrich.
“I think an intelligent conservative wants the right federal ...
Via Political Humor...
"Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multimillionaire son of a multimillionaire can beat the odds ...
Story 1:
North Korea punishing those who 'didn't display enough sadness over Kim Jong Il's death'
North Korean authorities are reportedly punishing citizens who did not display enough sadness over the death ...
In case you missed the story, Pope Benedict made headlines this week by doing what it is popes do best - putting the irrational fear of God into his followers.
The ...
Romney was asked whether questions dealing with distribution of wealth and power were a matter of jealousy or fairness.
You know, I think it’s about envy. I think it’s about class ...
Here’s Mr. Family Values guy talking about what he’d do with illegal immigrants and their families.
“You can’t be here for 20 years and commit only one illegal act … because everything you’re doing while you’re here is against the law …” Santorum said. “I understand Congressman Gingrich saying, ‘Well, you know, people have been here and they’ve been good citizens and paying taxes.’ Yeah, under somebody else’s Social Security number because you stole it.”
Families should be broken up when the law is broken, which includes illegal immigration, he added.
Rick Santorum would have made a wonderful 17th century Inquisition judicator.
In the race to determine who of the GOP’s primary candidates is the nastiest and most heartless, Rick Santorum has just taken the lead. Behind Santorum’s pious, holier-than-thou, Jesus-loves-you facade, there is something horribly ugly and callous about the man. Breaking up families, illegal or not, when other solutions exist, is enough reason to pray that bible-thumping Rick never again holds political power of any kind.
Hey, Rick, Jesus would have been so proud of you.
On the bright side, all small-minded, gay-bashing, immigrant-hating Americans certainly have no shortage of politicians to support. There’s an entire political party out there made just for them
UPDATE:
This is worst than ugly. Michele Bachmann sees no problem in dragging illegals on to buses in front of their children.
In a few lines, Chris Cillizza perfectly sums up the Republican primary.
Since the start of the Republican race, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has been regarded as the frontrunner — if a somewhat weak one.
Conservatives — particularly those aligned with the tea party movement — have spent much of the year looking for an alternative to Romney, a nomadic journey that has led them to latch on to reality TV star Donald Trump, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and, most recently, businessman Herman Cain.
Each of those anti-Romneys have proven to be something less than advertised — with the possible exception of Trump who performed roughly equivalent to the lowest possible expectations that people had for him.
That’s where it stands and most likely will remain. Christie did the smart thing by bowing out of the race. Once the vetting began, he knew he’d be hit hard in much the same way that Perry was. The Romney camp would have been all over Christie for his stand on illegal immigration. Christie has stated in the past that, “[The President and Congress] have to put forward a commonsense path to citizenship for people” and “Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime.”
Those are definitely not the words that the base wants to hear from the ONE who will slay the Obama dragon/anti-Christ beast thingy, monster, Hitler-like, socialist, communist , black guy. What is a crime in Republican circles is any hint of being soft on illegal immigration. The base likes their leaders rough, tough and mean and besides, everyone knows that the only reasonable solution to illegal immigration is to build a mile high, electrified, “dang” fence surrounded by a mile wide moat filled with man-eating crocs bred to favor Latino blood.
With Bush Perry quickly fading and Cain basking in his 15 minutes of delusional glory, it’s Romney’s again to lose. Five dollars and my Johnny Cueto 2008 Topps Rookie card says it’s going to be a Romney/Rubio ticket. Christian conservatives are not going to like it but the time for Republicans to start loving the one they’re with is quickly approaching.
Here’s a shocker for you </sarcasm>. In a new poll conducted by a GOP pollster, it was found that…get ready for this…Latino voters do not trust the Republican Party. Who would have thought, right?
Apparently, Latino voters have figured out what white middle conservative are still clueless about – namely that the GOP doesn’t give a damn about them except when it comes to soliciting their vote at election time. Numbers show that the percentage of Latinos who hold a favorable view of the Republican Party stands at a dismal 26% compared to 47% holding an unfavorable view. The fav/unfav numbers for Dems by the same group is 62/22. A full one third of Latinos say they would never vote for a Republican.
The big issue is of course immigration reform and matters such as the Arizona immigration law have only helped in pushing Latinos further toward the Democratic Party. Latinos are looking for true reform and a reasonable pathway to citizenship for illegals. There is nothing Republicans are saying these days which would indicate that that’s about to happen. The overall tone from conservatives in terms of immigrants (Latino and otherwise) tends to come off as pure disdain and racist in nature. The Republican ‘big tent’ approach isn’t working for Hispanics as much as it does for white, Christian, gun-loving, minority-hating, Americans.
Here’s a list of concerns and complaints which Latino have about the GOP. They know them well.
So why is any of this a big deal? Well because Hispanics are the fastest growing minority in the United States comprising a full 16% of the population. That means 1 out of every 6 people living in the U.S. is of Hispanic origin and the numbers only get worse for the GOP. The median age for Hispanics is 27.4 years compared to 36 years for the general population. More than 1 out of every 5 American children is Hispanic (22%) and by the year 2050 that number is projected to be 39%. By that same year, 1 out of every 4 people in the U.S. will be Hispanic.
Republicans might not like it but 48.4 million people living in the United States are Hispanic and they’re not fond of the policies and rhetoric they’re hearing from conservatives. Unless Republicans drastically change their views, they’re looking at full time minority statues in the years and decades ahead.
Read the census data that have been coming out over the past couple weeks and you’re compelled to a stark conclusion: Either the Republican Party changes totally, or it has a rendezvous with extinction.
What the census shows is that America’s racial minorities, aggregated together, are on track to become its majority. The Republican Party’s response to this epochal demographic change has been to do everything in its power to keep America (particularly its electorate) as white as can be. Republicans have obstructed minorities from voting; required Latinos to present papers if the police ask for them; opposed the Dream Act, which would have conferred citizenship on young immigrants who served in our armed forces or went to college; and called for denying the constitutional right to citizenship to American-born children of undocumented immigrants.
And here’s a stat that should make every minority-hating, white bigot quiver in fear: when it comes to Americans aged 3 and under, whites are now a minority (49.9%). That does not bode well for a political party which has worked so hard at alienating Hispanics, Muslims and most other minority groups.
As we’ve noted before on these pages, one in seven Americans is currently of Hispanic descent and by the year 2050 that number will be 1 in 4. While Republicans gain short term success in spreading xenophobia and fear, the long range forecast is not looking good. Winning on the national level is not going to be possible without Latino support. This is clear.
So what choices does the GOP have?
It can defy its base and work with the Democrats to craft a policy that offers legalization to undocumented immigrants, and by so doing gain a chance to rebuild its support among minority voters. Or it can continue down its current path and try to cling to power by denying citizenship and voting rights to as many minority Americans as it possibly can. It can become a slightly kinder and gentler version of the old Southern segregationists, or South Africa’s apartheid white nationalists.
Defy its narrow-minded base? Nah. I don’t think that’s something Republicans are ready to do anytime soon.
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The U.S/Mexico border fence occupies 700 of the 2000 mile border. It was built at a cost of $4 million per mile which works out to a total cost of about $3 billion. Maintenance will cost billions more. Back in September, Bloomberg wrote:
If idiocy were a capital crime, at least 73 percent of Congress would be facing the hangman.
That’s the percentage of legislators who supported the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which created one of the most stunning boondoggles in U.S. history…
Was it worth the cost? Check out the video below and decide for yourself.
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