Archive for 6 Jul 2010

I really think that Arizona will prevail on this one. They aren’t usurping the federal government. They are merely assisting in the capture of illegal aliens that the government has failed miserably to do.

Feds to claim pre-emption in fight against AZ immigration-enforcement law
By Ed Morrissey

The Department of Justice will file a lawsuit this week, perhaps as early as today, against Arizona to block its new immigration-enforcement law.  They plan to use the weakest argument possible, that of pre-emption, which amounts to a surrender on the grounds that the Obama administration has claimed in the previous three months of debate:

The Justice Department has decided to file suit against Arizona on the grounds that the state’s new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives, law enforcement sources said Monday.

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This is interesting. It seems that the Demon-craps will be wringing their hands come November. This is going to be the true mandate against big government.

Can’t wait.

GOP set to take record number of governorships?
By Ed Morrissey

So far, the midterms look to be a good year for Republicans in Congressional elections, which have caught most of the media attention.  However, as Eric Ostermeier argues at Smart Politics, it looks as though the Republican Governors Association may have a banner year for new membership as well.  The University of Minnesota scholar believes that the GOP may win more elections on this level than any time in the past 90 years:

As Democrats brace for a Republican pullback in the 2010 election cycle, the question on the minds of officeholders, party leaders, and D.C prognosticators is not whether the GOP will gain seats in the midterm elections across state and federal legislative and executive offices, but how many.

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