First Sen. Brownback, now Rep. Duncan Hunter - GOP presidential candidates who announce their candidacies are greeted in the Times with ideological ratings from the American Conservative Union. ...
The Times sees conservative ideological battles for the GOP presidential nomination in 2008, while Democrats are rated mostly on competence and experience.
"Armando Navarro, a professor who helped organize the Los Angeles demonstrations in the spring, said he believed the protest movement had sputtered once it was clear that the harshest legislation ...
"...some lawmakers and advocates of immigrants fear that immigration has become little more than a weapon in the battle over fiercely contested House and Senate seats." The horror!
Rachel Swarns is apparently worried that conservative Republicans will inform voters about their proposals to battle illegal immigration: "But some Democratic and Republican lawmakers said the ...
