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Could the Media Be to Blame for Immigration Reform’s Failure?

November 19, 2008 – 8:42 pm

A report released by the Brookings Institution in September asserts that the media’s framing of the immigration debate is to blame for the failure of comprehensive immigration reform in 2006 and 2007. The media’s narrative about immigration is one of “illegality, crisis, controversy and government failure,” the report states, and this narrative is open to [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged amnesty, Brookings Institution, Columbia, EJ Dionne, Immigration, immigration raids, immigration reform, media | Comments

Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 10/15

November 16, 2008 – 6:17 pm

Mexico is setting up a call center in Tuscon, Ariz., to help Mexican citizens who run into immigration problems. Mexican officials say the center is designed to help illegal workers, and that it was prompted by an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment in Arizona. The center, which will have a toll-free number and be staffed 24 [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged anti-immigration, California, Columbia, FAIR, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigration reform, John Tanton | Comments

Nevada Rural Voters See Influence Wane

November 11, 2008 – 11:58 am

Republican support in rural communities remains strong as rural voters’ influence statewide is declining
Once upon a time — say, way back in 2004 — overwhelming Republican Party support in rural Nevada offset the Democratic advantage in densely-populated Clark County. Swing county Washoe, Nevada’s second most populous, often determined who won statewide campaigns. John Kerry won [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Battle for the West, Clark County, Democrats, Elko, John McCain, Las Vegas, Nevada, Republicans, rural communities, rural voters, Washoe | Comments

The President-Elect’s Immigration Agenda

November 8, 2008 – 7:47 am

The new administration cannot be expected to act on immigration anytime soon (after all, the economy is tanking and there’s a war on), but it has laid out an agenda for immigration reform in the future.

From change.gov, the transition team’s website:

Obama and Biden want to preserve the integrity of our borders. They support additional personnel, [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, Immigration, immigration reform, Joe Biden | Comments

Latinos Turn Out for Obama, Help Flip States from Red to Blue

November 7, 2008 – 12:30 pm

As expected, the Latino vote went two to one for now President-Elect Barack Obama, and the turn-out was high enough to help Obama win several swing states.
About 10 million Latinos voted in this election, or about 8 percent of the electorate, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Latinos make up about 15 percent of [...]

By Amy Crawford | Posted in Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears | Also tagged Columbia, Immigration, John McCain, Latino vote | Comments

Obama’s victory sends thousands into streets with new hope

November 5, 2008 – 2:45 pm

Nearly as peacefully as a leaf sinks to the ground, more than 100,000 people filed out of Grant Park in downtown Chicago last night.
Some held their joy in rapt silence, seemingly dazed as they funneled through throngs along Michigan Avenue. Others paused on their journey home, to let go their tongues and chant one more [...]

By Kahrin Deines | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged Chicago, Grant Park, victory speech | Comments

Battle for the West: Front Page News

November 5, 2008 – 9:35 am

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By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Battle for the West, Colorado, John McCain, Nevada, New Mexico, newspapers | Comments

Notes From Battleground State Voters

November 4, 2008 – 3:25 pm

Huffington Post’s Off The Bus project asked readers to weigh in on their election day voting experiences. I parsed through some of the raw data and highlighted some of the responses from swing states. My introduction below; voter impressions after the jump.
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Hundreds of reports on your election day experiences have poured into OfftheBus, and in [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged election day, John McCain, swing states, turnout, voting | Comments

Waning Influence of Colorado Springs Evangelicals

November 4, 2008 – 12:33 am

Anti-abortion activists rally against Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August (Getty Images)
Salon’s Mike Madden visited the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs on Sunday and found the political energy muted. The evangelical Christians he spoke with were lukewarm on McCain (though excited about Sarah Palin) and appeared to be bracing for [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Battle for the West, Catholics, Christians, Denver, Evangelicals, Evangelicals For Obama, Focus on the Family, James Dobson, John McCain, pro-choice, pro-life | Comments

Truth Behind A Swing State Newspaper Endorsement

November 3, 2008 – 11:13 pm

New Mexico’s largest newspaper the Albuquerque Journal became one of the last papers to endorse a presidential candidate this year, announcing its support for Republican Sen. John McCain on Sunday placing it among the minority of newspaper endorsements nationwide, according to Editor & Publisher. As of today, 273 papers have endorsed Sen. Barack Obama and [...]