by Bill Scher | Aug 6, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
David Brat's Republican primary defeat of Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.) was widely attributed to a groundswell of right-wing anti-immigrant fervor, despite the fact that Cantor had taken the lead in blocking immigration reform, and despite the fact that their congressional...
by Bill Scher | Aug 5, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
Two months ago, Sen. Rand Paul declared, "I say everywhere I go I am for immigration reform.". Everywhere, with the exception of the Barefoot Bar in Okoboji, Iowa, when caught between anti-immigrant bigot Rep. Steve King and two undocumented immigrants who came to...
by Bill Scher | Aug 4, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
Last month I listed the "16 House Republicans Who Could Lose For Blocking Immigration Reform" incorporating incumbents who are in districts that "professional congressional handicappers ... deem to be competitive races, and where according to Latino Decisions poll...
by Digby | Jul 29, 2014 | Democracy
Who could have ever predicted that No Labels was just another wingnut welfare operation? Elias Isquith writes in Salon: The No Labels dream is coming up on its fourth birthday, and in that time the group has made exactly zero progress towards its goal of untangling...
by Alan Jenkins | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
The U.S. Senate last week overwhelmingly confirmed San Antonio Mayor Juliàn Castro to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. One of Castro’s first official acts as HUD Secretary should be to make concrete the Department’s duty to promote fair housing...
by Bill Scher | Jul 7, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
Friday I explained at The Week "How Obama's immigration push could hand the House to Democrats." In short, Democrats need a net gain of 17 seats to take back the House. And there are 19 Republican-held House districts – 16 in which the incumbent is running for...
