House leadership pulls the FISA bill in face of Republican poison pill amendment. More here.
Interesting poll out from CNN.
I’ve often heard it suggested that blacks are more hostile to illegal immigrants than whites because of competition over jobs. Not so, way more whites are hostile to illegals.
14% of blacks say there should be more illegals in the country than there are now; 3% of whites agree. 19% of blacks think all illegal immigrants should be deported; 35% of whites agree. I don’t find this very surprising. But it counters an assumption I’ve heard a lot.
The breakdown of views? 7% of Americans want more illegal immigration. 22% are fine how it is. And 16% want it decreased “a little.” In other words, 45% of Americans are bothered by the issue little or not at all.
Punishments coming in that incident last August in which six nuclear-armed cruise missiles were flown across the US.
Politico: Despite hardship, emboldened House GOP rises to challenge of the day with courage, panache and vision for a better tomorrow for all people.
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If you’ve been watching closely, Rudy Giuliani has been trying to play up the similarities between himself and newly-minted French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Now Sarkozy appears to be trying to further the Rudy-Sarkozy peas-in-a-pod alliance by dumping his wife.
Rocke crumbles: White House reaches deal with Senate intel committee chairman Jay Rockefeller on telecom immunity for warrantless surveillance.
What’s the latest in the GOP presidential race? Will Romney’s new anti-Mormon allies help him mobilize evangelicals against Rudy? Will Rudy make up for his pro-choice views by promising war with Iran? Rudy and Mitt go head to head at this weekend’s Values Showdown. We give you all the details in the second weekly episode of our TPMtv campaign 2008 roundup …
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Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback expected to announce withdrawal from presidential race on Friday.
Rep. Hensarling (R-TX): SCHIP to go to “the wealthiest among us.”