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Opinion: It's Time to Move On From Reagan
By Bob Maistros - AOL NewsI was a writer in Ronald Reagan's re-election campaign in 1984, a fact I usually don't mention until I get, say, two sentences into conversation with anyone I meet. I only met the president once in a grip-and-grin reception for staff. But because of my role, however minor, in the success of the greatest chief executive of my lifetime, I will be among those heartily celebrating the centennial of his birth. And then I will exhort my fellow Republicans to move on. This sentiment isn't fashionable right now, as the Great Communicator is more admired than ever. GOP leaders extol his bold tax and ...
Sarah Palin: Jan Brewer Has 'Cojones' -- Which Obama Lacks -- on Immigration
By Politics Daily Staff - Politics DailyFormer Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has a way with words -- even when she uses Spanish. Speaking on "Fox News Sunday," Palin praised Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer for having the "cojones" to address illegal immigration issues -- an attribute President Obama "does not have." The former vice presidential candidate was taking aim at Justice Department attempts to block Arizona's controversial new immigration law and attacked the president for not addressing "sanctuary cities" -- where local law enforcement officers are prohibited from asking people about their immigration status. Arizona's law bans ...
Feds Sue to Block Arizona Immigration Law
By not in system - AOL News(July 6) -- The Justice Department made official Tuesday afternoon what its tribunes have hinted at for the past two months: the federal government will challenge the constitutionality of Arizona's controversial new immigration law and seek an immediate injunction from a federal judge to block the measure's enforcement pending judicial review. ...
How Arizona Got Its Out-There New Immigration Law
By Earl Pomerantz - Politics DailyIn 1978, in an effort to provide tax relief to property owners, the voters in my home state of California passed Proposition 13, amending the state constitution. The reason Prop 13's supporters believed that tax relief was necessary was because property values had shot way up during that decade. As a consequence, property taxes shot up commensurately. Some people thought these increases were reasonable: "Your house is worth more, you pay higher property taxes." Others, foreshadowing the Reagan-era "taxpayers' revolt," were righteously incensed: "My house is only worth more on paper. The ...
Hillary Clinton: U.S. Will Sue Over Arizona Immigration Law
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySecretary of State Hillary Clinton says the federal government will sue Arizona, challenging the state's tough new immigration law, which gives police power to stop and question anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. Clinton told an Ecuadorean television station earlier this month that the Justice Department, at President Obama's direction, "will be bringing a lawsuit." But she did not say on what grounds the U.S. would do so, and the Justice Department declined to confirm that such a case was going forward. But on Friday, a senior Obama administration official told CBS News a ...
Testy GOP, Heckler Confront Obama on Immigration, Energy, Gay Rights
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyPresident Obama says his meeting with Senate Republicans Tuesday was "warm and fuzzy" -- but he was kidding. By most accounts the private luncheon left both sides testy and accomplished little in the way of promoting bipartisanship. Obama talked about his let's-have-lunch date with Republicans later Tuesday during a fundraiser in California, where he had to deal with a heckler who complained that the president was not moving quickly enough to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" restriction on gays serving openly in the military. The repeal bill is expected to come up later this week in the ...
Gov. Jan Brewer Uses Frog Puppet in Immigration Video to Mock Obama Officials
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyArizona Gov. Jan Brewer is using a frog puppet in a campaign video to hammer Obama administration officials for failing to read her state's recently passed immigration law, even as they criticized the measure. In the video, which is paid for by Brewer's re-election campaign, a green frog leads a sing-along about the importance of reading, transposed with video of congressional testimony by Attorney General Eric Holder and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. "Reading is really super swell," sings the frog. "Reading helps you know what you're talking about." During recent appearances ...
Calderon Slams Arizona Immigration Law, Asks Congress to Renew Gun Ban
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyMexican President Felipe Calderon thanked members of Congress on Thursday for their support for Mexico "through very challenging times," but he also challenged them to pass comprehensive immigration reform and to reinstate the American ban on assault weapons, two steps he said would stem the cross-border migration and violence that Calderon admitted are hurting both counties. The Mexican leader also renewed his criticism of Arizona's recently passed immigration law, which he told lawmakers "introduces the terrible idea that racial profiling is a basis for law enforcement." Calderon's ...
USA to Mexico: The Grass Is Always Greener
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Immigration Reform: Cuando Vuelan Los Cerdos...
By Melinda Henneberger - Politics DailyThis week on Politics Daily's online Sunday show, Woman UP, Patricia Murphy, Jill Lawrence, Lynn Sweet, Bonnie Erbé and I discuss immigration reform, and why there won't be any any time soon: ...
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