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...Some Republicans will be tempted to embrace ObamaCare, just as they’re tempted to embrace amnesty for illegal aliens now, in pursuit of the fast-growing Latino vote. Embracing either would be a mistake; embracing both may well kill off the GOP for good. Embrace one and you destroy your law and order and national sovereignty credentials, embrace the other and your credibility and small government principles are gone. The only thing the GOP would still have would be the evangelical vote, and the medialeft are already having an easy time marginalizing us. The GOP is in a tough spot and there...

snip Unfortunately, this has not been the case. Over the past decade, racial groups have become more polarized, not less. A simple example will suffice. A personal friend, a white man who teaches at an inner-city school in Los Angeles County with an almost entirely Hispanic population, polled his students shortly before the 2008 election regarding their parents' presidential preferences. Every hand in the classroom went up for Obama. After class, my friend approached one of the students. "Why are your parents voting for Obama?” he asked a 10-year-old Hispanic girl. She answered him in four words: "Because he's not...

Immigration Rights Activists March In Hollywood (CBS) LOS ANGELES A crowd estimated by police to total about 1,000 persons, chanting in favor of humane treatment for illegal immigrants, began marching up Hollywood Boulevard Sunday, carrying U.S. and Mexican flags. The crowd is chanting the traditional "si, se puede" call, translating to "yes, it can be done." Los Angeles Police deputy chief Richard Roupoli said a few counter-protesters have been spotted near the crowd, but there have been no confrontations. Roupoli said the march has been peaceful. The marchers had gathered at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, and...