Population information: ‘Minorities’ are now the majority in some counties in the US
The NYT reports that so-called “minorities” are now the majority in 1 in 10 counties in the US:
Ding dong, the immigration bill is dead
For now, anyway. Captain Ed liveblogged today’s Senate vote. The AP has more on the vote.
Newt Gingrich’s misrepresentation of the immigration bill
Newt Gingrich is one of my favorite conservatives, so much so that if he didn’t carry certain baggage (the affair on his wife, among other things) that I would vote for him in a heartbeat for president. He’s very well-educated, politically savvy, sharp as a tack, and seems to have his finger on the pulse of the conservative movement. So with that in mind, it’s disheartening to see how he’s misrepresented the immigration bill in a recent ad he was in opposing it.
Immigration/cloture vote rant thread
As I’m sure you know by now, the Senate voted today to invoke cloture on the hotly debated immigration bill (Captain Ed liveblogged the vote).
Pennsylvania law firm under scrutiny regarding the ethics of immigration law tactics
Several readers have emailed me about this story:
Hugh Hewitt defends Senator Jon Kyl (MORE: CHECK OUT THE COMMENTS AT TOWNHALL TO HEWITT’s ARTICLE)
As you know, Hugh is one of the most strident and persistent objectors to the current immigration bill, but in this piece, he takes on the more venomous critics of Arizona Senator Jon Kyl: