One of the hottest Congressional races this year is in Colorado’s 6th district, Rep. Mike Coffman (R) versus challenger Andrew Romanoff (D).  The district’s main newspaper has just endorsed Romanoff, in part over Coffman’s out of touch stance on immigration: When Coffman first went to Congress to represent a... Continue »
Yesterday, Daniel Strauss at Talking Points Memo exposed a new ad from Karl Rove’s American Crossroads PAC attacking Iowa’s Bruce Braley for supporting immigration reform.  The problem?  Karl Rove himself is a noted supporter of reform — he wrote this Wall Street Journal piece defending the Senate immigration bill last year.  Yet he’s targeting... Continue »
In Colorado, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) has been making some pretty silly claims about supporting immigration reform, despite what the record shows, and his Democratic challenger is determined to expose the truth — in Spanish. Democrat Andrew Romanoff this week launched two ads (one for TV and one for radio)... Continue »
Why is a Karl Rove ad citing a Heritage study from the guy who once claimed that Latinos have low IQs? Karl Rove is a noted supporter of immigration reform.  Yet more than once this election season, groups funded by him have attacked Democratic candidates by going after them... Continue »
As November approaches, it is becoming ever clearer that President Obama’s decision to delay executive action for immigrants is having serious electoral consequences.  In no less than three news articles from today, the story from the ground is that immigration reform matters — and Latino voters’ disenchantment with both parties is not... Continue »
Today on Morning Joe, Matt Barreto and Gary Segura, the principals of Latino Decisions, went on to talk about their new book  How America’s Most Dynamic Population is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation.”  Their discussion included a talk on how Latino voters can affect this year’s midterm... Continue »
Scott Brown has been making immigration and border security into a key issue in his challenge to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH, despite the fact that New Hampshire has a negligible undocumented immigrant population and the fact that the closest border is Canada’s.  But as a Washington Post piece today from Sean Sullivan reveals,... Continue »
To listen to Paul Ryan and John Boehner, you would think that House Republicans are gearing up to pass immigration reform next year — there are just pesky Democratic obstructionists in the way. Please.  That’s the line that Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO), the Republican challenger for Mark Udall’s Senate seat in Colorado, is taking as... Continue »
In Iowa, Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) and State Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) squared off in their first debate for a key Senate seat yesterday, with Braley calling Ernst out for Congressional Republicans’ refusal to pass an immigration reform bill in the House. Ernst’s response?  “I don’t support amnesty,” she said according to... Continue »
CD-06 Congressman Rejects Bipartisan Senate Bill Because a 15-year Wait, Thousands of dollars in Fines, English classes and a Background Check Are Too “Automatic” of a Path  At Tuesday’s Denver Post debate between Rep. Mike Coffman (R, CD-6) and challenger, Andrew Romanoff, Rep. Coffman stated that he did not support... Continue »