The Politics Blog
No-holds-barred commentary on the political arena.

Is Rahm racist, or merely scared?
It's got to be one or the other, because Rahm Emanuel is behind efforts to build Democratic support for the Shuler/Tancredo "enforcement-only" bi...

Continue Reading Is Rahm racist, or merely scared?

Demonizing immigration didn’t do the trick
Republicans are pinning their 2008 hopes on the same thing they pinned their 2007 hopes -- demonizing scary brown people. But as I noted yesterday (d...

Continue Reading Demonizing immigration didn’t do the trick


The Wurlitzer and the Sanctuary
When I went into church this morning, the door above the room where worship services are held was labeled with a single word: sanctuary.  That&...

Continue Reading The Wurlitzer and the Sanctuary

Immigration Reform Stalling…Again
No surprise here. The GOP sees an approval rating in the low 20s for Bush and is running away from any type of reform he’s proposing. An...

Continue Reading Immigration Reform Stalling…Again

Breaking: House Republicans Spank Senate Colleagues
House Republicans met after hours today and passed a resolution that is eloquent in its simplicity: Resolved the House GOP Conference ...

Continue Reading Breaking: House Republicans Spank Senate Colleagues

Call Your Rep (Yes, Rep)
RedState says that House Republicans will be meeting tonight at 5:30 EST to consider a resolution "disappov[ing] of the Senate Immigration Bill...

Continue Reading Call Your Rep (Yes, Rep)

Immigration: How Your Senator Voted
The roll call is up, so you can identify every potential RINO. Thankfully, I get to write my two senators to thank them for voting against reviving this very bad ...

Continue Reading Immigration: How Your Senator Voted

Virtue Soup for President!
Imagine this: there isn't a Chinese character for "Fred", much less Thompson. This is a dilemma currently being debated in Boston because of their ...

Continue Reading Virtue Soup for President!

Amnesty: Americans Favor It
The numbers have been pretty consistent on this issue, but it certainly bears repeating when majorities from both parties keep saying they favo...

Continue Reading Amnesty: Americans Favor It

Immigration Bill "Setback"
A vote to limit debate on the immigration legislation, thereby setting it on a path to passage, miserably failed 33 to 63 (60 votes are needed for clo...

Continue Reading Immigration Bill "Setback"

Swayable Immigration Votes
Robert Bluey's sources say that the following list of Senators have yet to commit as to how they will vote on the final immigration bill and therefore can still be swayed to vote agai...

Continue Reading Swayable Immigration Votes