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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Republicans Have Little Incentive To Act On Immigration Until 2016

Alan: Do "the angry white guys" really want to flaunt their anti-latino bias during a presidential election year? It is remarkable that Republicans are so intoxicated by ideology that they deliberately strategize political suicide.
It's not just conservative dimwittedness. There are whole circuits missing.

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Republicans have little incentive to act on immigration until 2016 primaries. "Even before Cantor lost, there wasn't a lot of political incentive for Republicans to move on policy this year....Looking at it cynically, most of the closely contested races this year are in states that have very small Hispanic populations. But compared to the 2016 primary season, 2014 is practically a bonanza of diversity. If the metric is how much will this help me win my next election, there's very little incentive for the next Republican nominee to embrace reform until he or she has already accepted the party's nomination." Philip Bump in The Washington Post



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