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- iHaveNet.com: Politics
by Jamal Simmons
Republicans are getting mean. In their effort to appeal to angry right-wing voters on social issues, the
Last year, a few Republicans decided they'd had enough of Michelle Obama's radical desire to get children to exercise more and eat better, so they began criticizing the physique of the 48-year-old mother of two, with well-defined arms most American women admire, by calling her names. According to the
Even after President Obama revised his policy on healthcare coverage of contraception to include a broader exemption for religious institutions, Republicans such as Mitt Romney still attacked him. Meanwhile, according to the PRRI Religion and Politics tracking poll, 62 percent of women and a majority of Catholics supported the policy. In 2008, Democrats received 13 percent more votes from women than Republicans when Barack Obama won the
When it comes to immigration, a threshold issue necessary for Latino support, the Republican candidates for president have all staked out hardline anti-immigration positions, including opposition to the Dream Act, which would allow children of immigrants brought to the United States illegally to become permanent legal residents if they graduate from college or serve in the military. President Bush received 43 percent of Latino votes in his 2004 win, while John McCain garnered about 31 percent four years later. A January Univision poll found that 85 percent of Latinos support the Dream Act.
It seems neither compassion nor electoral math will sway the
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