Immigration
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Navigating the Playing Field on Immigration
Sen. John McCain's trip to Latin America this week--his third foreign trip since clinching the Republican nomination--has brought ... Full Article At Washington Post - Behind the Numbers
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Who Loves America Now, Punk?
John McCain and Barack Obama are both spending the 4th in the western part of the States (Phoenix and ... Full Article At Time - Swampland
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McCain discusses immigration in Mexico, ends free-trade tour
John McCain was discussing the thorny issue of Immigration Thursday with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, as the Republican ... Full Article At USA Today - Politics/Elections 2008
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Two Weeks Worth of "Outliers!"
Desmoinesdem has some surprising advice for partisans on the receiving end of message testing polls they find offensive: don't hang up. Kathy Frankovic ponders the potential for a perceived patriotism gap between McCain and Obama and reviews... Full Article At Pollster.com
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Candidates Court Latino Leaders
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) yesterday accused Republican Sen. John McCain of retreating from a comprehensive overhaul of ... Full Article At Washington Post
US rivals clash over immigration
US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain spar over Immigration as they court Hispanic voters.... Full Article At BBC News - Americas
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Immigration Hard-Liners and John McCain: Strange Bedfellows or Forever Star-Crossed?
McCain was the anti-immigrant movement's least favorite candidate and now they face a hard choice: support him or sabotage their party.... Full Article At AlterNet
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Hispanics And Pocketbooks
In response to some new Spanish-language television ad from the McCain campaign, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) put out this statement (in English, as best I can tell) that the Obama campaign is... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
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Employers Fight Tough Measures on Immigration
Businesses are proposing alternatives to laws with harsh punishments for hiring illegal immigrants, reopening a rift in the Republican Party.... Full Article At New York Times - Front Page
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France Offers Europe an 'Inhuman' Model for Immigration
French PM Nicolas Sarkozy wants to use France's turn in the EU's rotating presdiency to "harmonize" European Immigration policy.... Full Article At AlterNet
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Time To Create Some Martyrs
Our President seems to believe not in oversight but in “accountability moments” every four years when the population gives a strict up-or-down judgment on his performance. A thumbs up means a mandate for the entire platform. In some cases like Social Security and ... Full Article At Corrente
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Who Is Barack Obama?
Continuing with my Shelby Steele blogging, he went into what I thought was a really unfair attack on Barack Obama, drawing an invidious comparison between Obama and ... Full Article At The Atlantic - Matthew Yglesias
All Aboard The Double Talk Express!
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) John McCain has flip-flopped on so many subjects that he would feel quite at home in my toddler’s tumbling class. ... Full Article At Crooks and Liars
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Obama and McCain: the necessity of rebuilding the nation
As Barack Obama and John McCain haggle over Immigration and reasons for the Energy mess,... Full Article At The Moderate Voice
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Rivals hide immigration similarities (AP)
AP - When it comes to Immigration, Barack Obama and John McCain generally agree. It's just that they don't want to say so.... Full Article At Yahoo! News - Politics
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Is Hillary back on the list?
Has Hillary Clinton worked her way back on the Obama short list? The New York Daily News’ Goodwin thinks so. The ... Full Article At MSNBC - First Read
McCain: Obama's word cannot be trusted
Hours after sparring with Barack Obama over Immigration, John McCain told crowd at fundraiser Saturday night that "Sen. ... Full Article At CNN - Barack Obama
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The Past Is Another Country
You should, of course, read Norman Ornstein’s review of Grand New Party in the Sunday Times Book Review, but you should also read David Frum’s demolition of Allan Lichtman’s White Protestant Nation, which purports to be a history of American conservatism from the KKK (yes, it's... Full Article At The Atlantic - Ross Douthat
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ACLU Reacts to DHS OIG Report on ICE Detainee Deaths and Medical Care
Washington, DC ? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reacts to the release of the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General?s report... Full Article At ACLU
McCain urges more border security
White House hopeful John McCain tells Mexicans better border security must come before Immigration reform.... Full Article At BBC News - Americas