Over the last few months we’ve seen a steady and by any historical standard rapid Republican withdrawal from the politics of immigrant-bashing. First, the elites in the party, then the would-be presidentials and then last week basically all the hold outs among the Tea Partiers in the House. In military terms, it’s not so much a rout as the army just fading away.

I think that’s great for the country. But it does make you wonder, what happened to this being a core issue to GOP base voters last year? Read More

Some pretty amazing numbers from Pew on how Republicans view the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court.

Compare that to this chart based on an academic study of the right-ward shift of the court.

Looks like Ted Cruz may be the final holdout on immigration reform.

Possible House Ethics probe for Bachmann.

Here’s why Anthony Kennedy may be the key Justice in the upcoming marriage equality cases before the Supreme Court.