Rich Valdes - Obama disapproval ratings at 63%, rapper Kanye West disses president

In addition to his embattled healthcare policy losing steam, President Obama is now the butt of criticism by rapper Kanye West. This comes as as CBS and ABC polls report the president’s disapproval rating at an all-time high of  63 percent, his approval at an all-time low of 37 percent.

West and Obama have had bad blood since the president called West a “jackass” in 2009 for interrupting Taylor Swift on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards. West told HOT 107.9 radio in Philadelphia on Monday, “Oh, you talking about how he use to come and visit me and my mama and tell me that he’s about to run for president? … I just think that we’re pop icons, and the president likes to use that type of thing just to be down and stuff. ‘Man, this is the person we love to hate, so if you want to distract people from everything that’s going on … just say you hate Kanye and there’s going be 30 other people who say they hate Kanye … That was kind of my position in culture so he also used that too, ‘Oh, he’s a jackass,’ because that’s how the world felt.”

Read more: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/-list-americanism/2013/nov/20/obama-disapproval-ratings-63-rapper-kanye-west-dis/#ixzz2nLb3AxXm

Daniel Garza: A Fair Alternative to Obamacare

View the original article at Fox News Latino.

The easiest part of the Affordable Care Act was supposed to be designing a user-friendly website that prompted millions to sign up for health insurance with just few clicks. To describe the launch as a colossal fiasco is putting it mildly. While many feel slighted with a “glitchy” website, the Latino community has been utterly dismissed. That’s because if you speak only Spanish, the Administration didn’t even bother to fully rollout an ObamaCare website for you.

Yet, something tells me they won’t have any difficulties sending us the penalty notice for not signing up – in Spanish. Still, while much attention is currently being focused on the mutilation of a website, those of us who mistrust Washington’s growing control and power are most distressed about the damage Obamacare’s full implementation will do to the nation’s Healthcare system. -

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Polls: Christie to win NJ and 2016 GOP race, Booker to win Senate bid | Washington Times Communities

Polls: Christie to win NJ and 2016 GOP race, Booker to win Senate bid | Washington Times Communities

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LINDA CHAVEZ: GOP must do more to reject vicious words

It’s hard to know where to begin in responding to Rep. Steve King’s comments on so-called “Dreamers.”

 The Iowa Republican told the conservative news organization News­max that for every valedictorian brought into the U.S. as a child by his or her parents, there are another 100 out there who “weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act.”

 The Republican leadership has denounced King’s vicious rant. House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor called the comments “inexcusable.” But King didn’t back down.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130727/OPINION02/307270001

Is This What 'Amnesty' Looks Like?

Jeffrey Miron - The Tea Party’s Cynical Opposition to Immigration Reform

Last month, the Senate adopted immigration reform by a 68-32 vote, with 14 Republicans in favor. Prospects for reform are still grim, however, because Tea Party Republicans in the House are dead set against the bill’s “path to citizenship.” At a minimum, these members insist a path cannot occur without “enforceable” triggers that confirm the effectiveness of the bill’s new border security measures.

 The Senate’s bill has real flaws — insufficient legal immigration, and grotesque over-complexity — but the Tea Party’s objections are misguided and cynical. Tea Partiers claim that a path to citizenship is wrong because it rewards people who have broken the rules to immigrate. This perspective has a grain of truth. Other things equal, policy should promote respect for the law and avoid rewarding those who break it. In this instance, however, other factors are more important.

Continue Reading: http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/tea-partys-cynical-opposition-immigration-reform

Immigration Myths with Ben Powell

Latino Republicans at the March 2013 California Republican Convention

Latinos had a significant presence at the March California Republican Convention in Sacramento, including a large showing by startup group GROW Elect—a Latino Republican candidate recruitment PAC.

Devastating losses in the 2012 election cycle has caused party leadership to pay closer attention to Latinos, the fastest growing minority in America and soon to be the largest ethnic group in California.

Mark Stefanos for CalWatchdog interviews Republican Latinos attending the convention.