Moderate Moment | Moderate Moms
I just got a letter in my inbox the other day from someone calling on Missouri Republicans to dig in on Obamacare. But across the country, the dial is moving away from a fight to a fix. Some moderate Republicans who were against the concept of government run healthcare (and [...]
CBS NEWSFebruary 26, 2014, 6:30 PM By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus More than eight months before the November midterm elections, 42 percent of registered voters would pick a generic Republican for Congress, while 39 percent would back a generic Democrat if the midterm elections [...]
David Brooks of the New York Times has written an interesting article questioning whether recent bi-partisan progress on background checks and immigration is more of an illusion than a reality. He describes the current Republican Congressional leadership and the radio shock jobs as "first wave revolutionaries" and "second wave revolutionaries," [...]
Liberals are furious, but the gun issue will not significantly damage the Republican Party. Sure, it looks bad to oppose background checks, which have overwhelming popular support. Sure, the Republican position will further taint the party’s image in places like the suburbs of Philadelphia and Northern Virginia. Sure, the party [...]
Boy Scouts consider lifting ban on gays / Areas of overlap on immigration
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is forced to research and clarify her late grandfather's immigration status. Marco Rubio, Florida's GOP Senator, is accused of embellishing his family's immigrant story. A Republican congressional candidate in California puts on his website that he is the great-grandson of an [...]
Photo courtesy: valdez.wikispaces.dpsk12.org One of the key promises then candidate Barack Obama made in 2008 was to open up pathways for illegal immigrants to gain U.S. citizenship. There is no doubt that the Hispanic voting bloc in this country is gaining in size and power. And that Hispanics could swing [...]