Thursday, July 10, 2014

Democrats push race issues

The Hill reports:
Democrats are injecting race into the 2014 midterm elections amid fears that a drop-off in minority voters could severely cost them at the polls this fall.

Democratic leaders in Congress and administration officials have suggested GOP opposition to policies ranging from immigration reform to ObamaCare are, at least partly, motivated by race.

When much of your coalition is based on identity politics: racist appeals are inevitable.