Jan 19, 2012
Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign appears to be struggling with what exactly to do with Romney's endorsement from Kris Kobach, the current Kansas Secretary of State and the controversial architect behind some of the recent past's most incendiary immigration laws.
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The Republican Party has been stuck in the middle of the immigration debate for some time. On one side, there are hardliners who oppose amnesty and on the other are more moderate GOP voters who want a pathway to citizenship for law-abiding undocumented immigrants.
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Mitt Romney faced a trying moment outside a fundraiser on Tuesday when an illegal immigrant demanded to know why he wouldn't support the DREAM Act. Romney has made no secret of his opposition to the legislation, which provides a path to citizenship for children brought into the country illegally.
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Hoping to win the hearts of Southern conservatives, Newt Gingrich leaned into his argument that President Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts — a pitch that earned him a standing ovation in South Carolina during a presidential debate on...
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Jan 18, 2012
The Republican primary in South Carolina has turned into a race among the presidential hopefuls to show who is tougher on the undocumented, leading them to take positions that could hurt their chances in the general election when they will need a large percent of Latino voters in order...
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Mitt Romney has made immigrant bashing a centerpiece of his presidential campaign. Vetoing the DREAM Act a key element of Romney's strategy. Last night, while fundraising in New York, Mitt Romney was met by a protest from DREAMers. Romney has called the DREAM Act a "handout" and Last...
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Now it's former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's turn to learn what happens when you don't learn from history. Last week, Romney chose to accept the endorsement of Kris Kobach, a virulently anti-immigrant (and anti-gay, and pro-apartheid) leader who wrote state laws designed to drive immigrants out of Arizona...
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After his narrow victory in Iowa and resounding win in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney may well be on his way to locking up the Republican nomination before the primary is even a month old. But the damage that the GOP fight has done to his chances of winning the...
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Last night, at the GOP Presidential debate from South Carolina, Mitt Romney reiterated his opposition to the DREAM Act, calling it a "mistake." And, Romney also renewed his vow to veto the legislation. He also spoke about a lot about opportunity. What Mitt doesn't get -- or doesn't...
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The rap on Mitt Romney is that he is a political opportunist who lacks core principles. No wonder. The Romney campaign's efforts to simultaneously run two very different campaigns in South Carolina and Florida serve only to confirm Romney's shape-shifting ways.
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