Republican National Committee says ‘you’re welcome’ for being the party that brought you immigration reform.
Rubio says he fears Obama speech will create a ‘bidding war’ over who can make a ‘path to system citizenship’ the easiest.
James Carville, on CNN pushing out him and Mary Matalin: “They told me they wanted to change the look.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is on the Senate floor denouncing President Obama’s decision to end the CDC ban on studies of gun violence and generally carrying on about President Obama opening the doors on state tyranny by entertaining new gun legislation.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Obama: “If he is a skeet shooter, why have we not heard of this? Why have we not seen photos?”
For Republicans tying to climb back on the immigration reform bandwagon they abandoned 5 years ago, explaining how the new reform proposal is not amnesty is a matter of careful word choice, polished talking points, and a heaping portion of denial.
Senate fast-tracking the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to a vote late this or early next week.
As they adage goes, elections have consequences. And nowhere more clearly than in the current politics of immigration reform. It’s probably not right to say that opinions in the GOP have changed on the issue. It’s more that people who supported reform mid-decade but gave way after a party revolt are now back to it after the 2012 election in which Republicans were seen as paying a steep price for hostility to immigration and, relatedly, the rising national Hispanic community. Read More