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Blacks In Detroit Are Doing Well...SMH...The Shit Democrats Say
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Facing an uphill climb to regain a two-house supermajority in November, legislative leaders say that they have asked Gov. Jerry Brown to stump for fellow Democrats in a half-dozen competitive districts.
It's the sort of thing governors typically do as their party's state leader. And a two-thirds Democratic majority would help Brown pursue his agenda, because no Republican support would be needed for any of his proposals.
But Brown, who is expected to win his own race handily and has not mounted a time-consuming campaign of his own, has not committed to any appearances.
The governor "will be as helpful as his busy schedule allows," said Dan Newman, his campaign spokesman.
Incoming Senate leader Kevin de Len (D-Los Angeles), heading the election effort for Democrats in the upper house, said he is "actively pursuing the governor to make appearances."
"He is a very popular governor, and he's the top Democrat in the state," the senator said.
One legislative source who is privy to the discussions but not authorized to speak publicly said lawmakers are "in negotiations" with Brown's representatives over what role the governor might play.
Even with the governor's help, Democrats say, it could be tough to secure a supermajority in both houses. Voter turnout typically falls when there is no presidential contest, and there is no galvanizing statewide race or ballot measure this year to spur people to the polls.
In the June primary, a record low 25.2% of state voters cast ballots, and Democrats blamed that low turnout for Republican wins in three Senate districts where Democrats lead in registration. Historically, higher percentages of Republicans typically vote in low-turnout elections, so their influence could be increased.
"This electoral cycle is going to be the most challenging in more than a decade, so we absolutely have our work cut out for us," De Len said.
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An easy favorite, Gov. Brown is slow to aid fellow Democrats
Breaking from the antiamnesty, secure-the-border hawkishness coursing through the national Republican Party, New Jersey's GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat says he would fight for "comprehensive immigration reform" in Washington.
And like many Republicans, Jeff Bell is claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan.
"Ronald Reagan once said, 'Latinos are Republicans - they just don't know it yet.' Maybe that's politically incorrect to repeat in 2014," Bell wrote in an e-mail to supporters Wednesday. "But I do agree with the premise behind his assertion: If the Republican Party makes the case to them, Hispanics will vote GOP."
Republican Gov. Christie won 51 percent of the Latino vote when he was reelected last year, although he has not taken a position on federal immigration policy.
Other Republicans, both locally (Steve Lonegan) and nationally (U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz), have embraced Reagan but have endorsed immigration policies radically different from Bell's.
Cruz, for one, has opposed a Senate bill that would create a path to citizenship. Bell, who is running a quixotic campaign focused on a return to the gold standard, supports granting citizenship to the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.
Booker also supports a path to citizenship.
The chances of passing immigration reform plummeted in recent months amid an influx of Central American migrants streaming across the Mexican border.
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In N.J., GOP Senate candidate endorses immigration reform
In light of President Obamas decision to delay his much-anticipated edict on immigration until after Novembers elections, some critics are asking why the president and Democrats in Congress didnt pass immigration reform back when they had overwhelming majorities in both House and Senate.
Its a good question and a good reason to revisit 2009 and 2010, when immigration reform could have become a reality.
As a presidential candidate, Obama promised to put comprehensive immigration reform back on the nations agenda during my first year in office. After victory in 2008, he had the clout to do so: sky-high approval ratings, 257 Democrats in the House and, for a while, a filibuster-proof majority of 60 Democrats in the Senate.
And yet, immediately after being sworn in, Obama began to send subtle signals that immigration reform wasnt a top priority. Reform was a serious concern, Obama told a group of regional reporters in March 2009, but not an urgent one.
Immigration activists pressed hard for Obama to act; after all, he had promised. As 2009 unfolded, Obama encouraged the activists to believe he was committed to introducing a comprehensive reform bill. After a White House meeting, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, (D, Illinois) told reporters Obama had promised a bill in the very near future.
The next month, April 2009, the White House sent out word Obama was preparing to move. Mr. Obama plans to speak publicly about the issue in May, the New York Times reported, and over the summer he will convene working groups, including lawmakers from both parties and a range of immigration groups, to begin discussing possible legislation for as early as this fall.
Things seemed to be on track. Labor leaders representing some of the very organizations that had killed reform under George W. Bush announced their support.
Throughout June, Obama and top Democrats promised action. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said comprehensive immigration reform is going to happen this session, but I want it this year, if at all possible. Obama told a Hispanic group he was committed to passing reform. After meeting with congressional leaders, he declared they all want to actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now.
As the summer of 2009 went on, though, the talk slowed down as work on health care reform consumed the administration. Immigration fell out of the first tier, if it had ever really been there. By August, Obama put reform at the bottom of a long list.
Immigration reform would have to wait for 2010. And then 2011. And then 2012. And then 2013. And now 2014.
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Byron York: Obama is in no hurry to pass immigration reform