Costs of the GOP immigration position

Richard Nadler wrote an important piece in the Journal a couple of days ago. First, Nadler’s conclusion is simple: Immigration policies that induce mass fear among illegal residents will induce mass anger among the legal residents who share their heritage. In other words, we are alienating Hispanics who are voters.  Read more…

Immigration and the GOP

My friend Robert Bluey really laid into Michael Gerson’s piece in the Post today. But I think that Rob missed the point. For him, the focus of the piece was this paragraph: It is a strange spectacle. Conservatives are intent on building a more appealing, post-Bush Republican Party. But their Read more…

Ask an honest question?

Get an honest answer: "When we walked through the series of measures that are being proposed, we got 77 percent of Republicans, 72 percent of Democrats, and 70 percent of independents supporting it," says Goeas (pronounced GO-as). "There’s not a piece of research I’ve seen that, if you explain each Read more…

Timeline of an immigration bill

Last week, after the seeming pause in the fight over the immigration bill, a number of people wrote that the delay in the immigration bill was either good or bad for John McCain. Now it seems likely that the immigration bill will pass the Senate, as Rep. Tom Cole indicated Read more…

Gingrich and immigration

First, he puts out an ad. Second, someone drops oppo on him in South Carolina. Basically, he used to be sensible before he started pandering. Does anyone think he is running? Why is this happening? Ryan Sager points out how misleading the ad is: It’s worth noting just how misleading Read more…