Amnesty Versus Bigotry

by Rossputin | 8:07 am, February 1, 2013

It has recently become fashionable in conservative circles to attack Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” for putting forward a framework of principles for reform of America’s broken immigration system. The critiques from serious thinkers such as Utah Senator Mike Lee (perhaps my single favorite member of the U.S. Senate) and my American Spectator colleague Larry Thornberry, usually revolve around the word “amnesty” and suggest that Sen. Rubio is somehow caving in to leftist ideas in the way we normally expect from RINO and “establishment” Republicans, not from Tea Party champions.

These criticisms, both of the framework and of Senator Rubio, are misguided. They represent ? but not for the reasons most people think ? a primary cause of President Obama’s winning a second term and the primary reason that the GOP will have little chance at better future results unless the party ? and the perception of the party ? change dramatically.

The importance of the immigration debate is not mostly about its impact on several million Spanish-speaking illegal aliens (a term I don’t shy away from using). It is not even mostly about the economic impacts of immigration (a debate for another day). Instead, it is about how an ever-increasing number of voters view the Republican Party even if they have little interest in the details of immigration policy.

Please read the entirety of my article for the American Spectator here:
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/02/01/amnesty-versus-bigotry

Realistic Republican Expectations on Immigration

by Joshua Sharf | 8:00 am, December 12, 2012

In the wake of Mitt Romney’s defeat, and poor showing among Hispanics, Republicans and conservatives in general are reassessing their position on immigration.  At least part of this is driven by vote calculations.  Some proponents of reform have been pushing entirely unrealistic numbers in terms of the Hispanic vote for Republicans, such as winning half [...]

Seeing Stars: Creepy Campaign App is Creepy

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, August 6, 2012

Yes, the Obama campaign thought it was a good idea to publish a map of everyone on their list.

On the not creepy side, check out episode 9 of Music Free Static.

On to the links.

Colorado

Constantly changing policies making things hard on busin…

Seeing Stars: SCOTUS Rulings Out; More to Come

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, June 26, 2012

The links are below. The big one, yesterday, was the Arizona immigration ruling. The ObamaCare ruling is supposed to hit Thursday, just in time for the next episode of Music Free Static. Thanks guys!

On to the links.

Colorado

RMGO proves just ho…

Seeing Stars: SEIU Loses Another One

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, June 22, 2012

The Supreme Court smacked them down hard.

On to the links.

Colorado

DORA sounds a bit like the state propaganda department.
CPAC is coming to Colorado.

Everywhere else

SCOTUS: “The First Amendment does not permit a union to extract a loan f…

Proof That Not Everything Needs a New Law [Updated]

by Randall Smith | 7:15 am, June 5, 2012

A bill requiring that Colorado universities give a lower tuition rate to illegal immigrants died in the Assembly. Metro State is proving that not everything needs a new law.

Students who have a diploma from a Colorado high school or a GED and can pr…

Seeing Stars: $5 Trillion

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 25, 2012

That’s the current Federal deficit if the government were forced to follow the accounting rules they’ve pushed on business.

On to the links.

Colorado

Colorado joins every other state seeing lower gas tax revenue as people move to more fuel effic…

Seeing Stars: Ideas for Summer Fun Ripped From the Headlines

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 23, 2012

School is rapidly coming to a close and Americans are looking for ways to spend the Summer. Here are a some suggestions from today’s links.

Spend the day with your local union beating an effigy of a sitting governor with a baseball bat.
You could c…

Seeing Stars: Obama Fails Civics

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, April 3, 2012

President Barack Obama claimed to have taught Constitutional law. There’s even some evidence that he did so but you wouldn’t know it based on his comments yesterday. He has either forgot or has chosen to ignore the purpose of the Supreme Court i.e., to…

Seeing Stars: Happy Monday

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 13, 2012

Happy Monday, everyone. May your hangovers be mild and your boss understanding. He’s paying for your contraceptives, after all.

On to the links.

Colorado

What does it say about a business when it is dependent upon government handouts to survive?
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