Sean Trende is one of the better conservative political analysts out there. His predictions for 2012 election were off, but he did consider Obama the favorite at least, and he does make logical use of teh math. He’s written a series of articles about how Republicans don’t need to pass immigration reform because (a) the …
The Brown Enemy Within
Dogs begin to bark all over my neighborhood
This might be irrational and superstitious, but yesterday’s VRA ruling seems to me to be a sign that immigration reform won’t pass. Maybe something of some kind will pass, and Bobo et al. will agree that it’s a significant Burkean step that shows that conservative reformers are helping the GOP evolve blah blah blah, but …
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Their appeal is becoming more selective
Elias Isquith makes a good point about the much-ballyhooed “conservative reformers” — that they’re largely all about W-style “compassionate conservatism” minus the attempts to court non-white voters: What’s especially troubling is that these changes, though small, tend to lean in the direction of making compassionate conservatism even worse. Whereas compassionate conservatives tried to woo minority …
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Never reaching the end
I saw conservative pollster Sean Trende (a reasonably sharp guy for a winger) pushing the idea that “missing white voters” were the reason Romney lost, but it hadn’t occurred to me that could be a rationale for Republicans’ deciding to skip Latino outreach….. Phyllis Schlafly of the pro-family group Eagle Forum called the GOP’s need …
Gotta Recharge That Clown Meter
Sen. Marco Rubio, in danger of actually having to produce legislation in his pointless quest for immigration reform that will never pass the House, has decided instead to take a page from the House GOP freshman playbook. Answering a question from a constituent as part of a weekly series conducted by his office, the junior …
Are you really only going through the motions?
My prediction on immigration reform is that Republicans will end up passing (they control this, via the House) something small that’s enough to make Bobo say “still the part of Burke not Bachman” but not enough to keep Latinos from continuing to hate them for the foreseeable future. Jon Chait thinks the teahadists are getting …
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Jan Brewer is Leaving Those Planned Parenthoods Alone
Spray tan and finger-wag enthusiast Jan Brewer is doing something very non-Brewerish — she’s backin’ the hell up offa Planned Parenthood in Arizona. What?! I KNOW. Via Robin Marty at RH Reality Check: The local conservative and anti-choice policy group Center for Arizona Policy has inserted itself into the debate over Medicaid expansion by demanding …
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