Asian Immigrants Outnumber Hispanics + GOP caught flat-footed on immigration

Posted at: 06/20/2012 10:02 AM
By: Ken Preston | WHEC.com

Asian Immigrants Outnumber Hispanics

President Obama's been accused of making swift moves on immigration simply to win over the massive and influential Latino vote. But, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, Hispanics aren't even the biggest immigrant group in the U.S. anymore! It's Asians.

http://bit.ly/Mr1n2i

GOP caught flat-footed on immigration

Republicans are bobbing, ducking and weaving around President Barack Obama’s move to allow hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to stay in the country, fearing a lose-lose proposition no matter how they weigh in on the policy shift. Is anyone surprised?

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77594.html

Paul Krugman: Mitt Romney will make us Irish

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is warning that Mitt Romney will turn America into an economic basketcase like Ireland if he wins the White House.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77578.html

1984 Bain Capital money photocaptured Romney on eve of major success

The seven Bain Capital founders believed they were so destined to make millions that the young men posed for a photo on the grand marble staircase of Boston’s Copley Place with $10 and $20 bills popping out of their shirt collars, tucked behind their eyeglasses and clutched in their teeth. http://wapo.st/MEbDGc

Obama Leads in Poll as Voters View Romney as Out of Touch

Election Day Nov. 6th is a political lifetime away but still I like this poll from Bloomberg.

http://bloom.bg/MsvUgf

First lady touts president's immigration order to Henderson crowd

Speaking to a crowd of feisty supporters, Michelle Obama made a forceful argument Tuesday for President Barack Obama's move to let children of illegal immigrants stay in the United States to work and study. http://bit.ly/KjhD3k

Mitt Romney to speak at NAACP convention

The NAACP announced today that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will address its national convention next month. http://usat.ly/Kz06ck

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