republican does give a direct answer about the papers please law in arizona, the divide within the republican party on this gets deeper and more public. and it looks like this problem is only going to get worse. both the problem faced by people who don't believe in presuming everyone is illegal unless they can prove otherwise, the problem of the bill itself, but also the problem for republicans who are going to have to now continue to fight each other in public over whether we should presume everyone's illegal unless they can prove otherwise. this is a big political problem. thinkprogress is reporting that legislation similar to the arizona papers please law may be brought up in at least seven other states besides arizona. and if scott mcinnis the front-runner in the colorado governor's race win that's race, can you add colorado to the list as well. as we noted last night, as a u.s. congressman in 2001 mr. mckin is, a, had a mustache, and b, argued favorably of racial